| Lunar phases are not related to the occurrence of acute myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death. | |
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PMID: 12589993 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Mass media deliver pertinacious rumours that lunar phases influence the progress and long-term results in several medical procedures. Peer reviewed studies support this, e.g. in myocardial infarction, others do not. METHODS: We looked retrospectively at the dates of cardiac arrests (CA; n=368) of cardiac origin and of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) with consecutive thrombolytic therapy or acute PTCA (n=872) and at the lunar phases at the corresponding dates. Medical data had been collected prospectively on the patient's admission. The lunar phases were defined as full moon+/-1 day, new moon+/-1 day and the days in between as waning and waxing moon. The incidence of these cardiac events at each phase was calculated as days with a case divided by the total number of days of the specific moon phase in the observation period (1992-1998). Wilcoxon Rank Test was used for statistical analysis. RESULTS: AMI and CA occurred on equal percentages of days within each lunar phase: AMI on 35% of all days with new moon, on 38% of full moon days, on 39% waning, and on 41% of the waxing moon days; CA on 19, 17, 16 and 16% of all days of the respective lunar phase. This difference was not significant. CONCLUSION: Lunar phases do not appear to correlate with acute coronary events leading to myocardial infarction or sudden cardiac death. |
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Authors:
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Philip Eisenburger; Wolfgang Schreiber; Gernot Vergeiner; Fritz Sterz; Michael Holzer; Harald Herkner; Christof Havel; Anton N Laggner |
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Resuscitation Volume: 56 ISSN: 0300-9572 ISO Abbreviation: Resuscitation Publication Date: 2003 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2003-02-18 Completed Date: 2003-06-13 Revised Date: 2009-08-25 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0332173 Medline TA: Resuscitation Country: Ireland |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 187-9 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Emergency Medicine, University Clinics, General Hospital Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20/6/D, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. |
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Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary
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adverse effects*,
methods Death, Sudden, Cardiac / epidemiology* Female Humans Male Moon* Myocardial Infarction / mortality*, therapy* Probability Retrospective Studies Risk Assessment Risk Factors Sensitivity and Specificity Statistics, Nonparametric Survival Analysis |
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