A population based study of Ramadan fasting and acute coronary syndromes

[...]the purpose of this study is to investigate whether Ramadan fasting has a negative effect on the incidence of presentation with ACS such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina (UA). [...]we speculate that Ramadan fasting does not increase ACS.

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Veröffentlicht in:	British heart journal 2004-06, Vol.90 (6), p.695-696
Hauptverfasser:	Al Suwaidi, J, Bener, A, Suliman, A, Hajar, R, Salam, A M, Numan, M T, Al Binali, H A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	ACS Acute coronary syndromes Acute Disease acute myocardial infarction AMI Angina, Unstable - epidemiology Angina, Unstable - etiology Cardiology Cardiovascular disease coronary heart disease Diabetes Fasting Fasting - adverse effects Female Heart attacks Hospitals Humans Hypertension Incidence Islam Male Middle Aged Mortality myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology Myocardial Infarction - etiology Population Population Surveillance - methods Qatar - epidemiology Ramadan Scientific Letters Smoking Statistical analysis Syndrome unstable angina Variance analysis
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]the purpose of this study is to investigate whether Ramadan fasting has a negative effect on the incidence of presentation with ACS such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina (UA). [...]we speculate that Ramadan fasting does not increase ACS.
ISSN:	1355-6037 0007-0769 1468-201X
DOI:	10.1136/hrt.2003.012526