Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death
Background: There has been some controversy about the day-of-the-week (septadian) variation of unexpected sudden cardiac death (SCD). Methods: We evaluated the incidence of unexpected SCD on different days of the week in a consecutive series of 5869 SCD victims from Northern Finland [the FINGESTURE...
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| author | Hanna Latola Severi M. Mattila Lasse Pakanen Lauri Holmström Janna Kauppila Olavi H. Ukkola M Juhani Junttila Heikki V. Huikuri Juha S. Perkiömäki |
| author_facet | Hanna Latola Severi M. Mattila Lasse Pakanen Lauri Holmström Janna Kauppila Olavi H. Ukkola M Juhani Junttila Heikki V. Huikuri Juha S. Perkiömäki |
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| description | Background: There has been some controversy about the day-of-the-week (septadian) variation of unexpected sudden cardiac death (SCD). Methods: We evaluated the incidence of unexpected SCD on different days of the week in a consecutive series of 5869 SCD victims from Northern Finland [the FINGESTURE study (Finnish Genetic Study of Arrhythmic Events)]. As it is mandatory in Finland, a medico-legal autopsy was performed on all unexpected sudden death victims. The autopsies were performed between the years 1998–2017. Results: The mean incidence of unexpected SCD was higher at weekends (during the days from Friday to Sunday, peaking on Saturday) than during the days from Monday to Thursday (8.54 ± 0.72 vs. 7.22 ± 0.19 SCDs per day of the week per 100,000 inhabitants per year, p < 0.001). Regardless of sex or ischemic versus non-ischemic etiology of SCD, the distribution of the occurrence of SCD among the days of the week was similar compared with the whole SCD cohort. Conclusion: The incidence of unexpected SCD was highest at weekends (during the days from Friday to Sunday, peaking on Saturday). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f294c4641cad4e97a864068c0ef344fa2024-03-06T05:29:08ZengElsevierInternational Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention2772-48752024-03-0120200246Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac deathHanna Latola0Severi M. Mattila1Lasse Pakanen2Lauri Holmström3Janna Kauppila4Olavi H. Ukkola5M Juhani Junttila6Heikki V. Huikuri7Juha S. Perkiömäki8Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandForensic Medicine Unit, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Oulu, Finland; Department of Forensic Medicine, Research Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, FinlandResearch Unit of Biomedicine and Internal Medicine, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; Corresponding author. Division of Cardiology, Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu, P.O. Box 5000, Kajaanintie 50, FIN-90014, Oulu, Finland.Background: There has been some controversy about the day-of-the-week (septadian) variation of unexpected sudden cardiac death (SCD). Methods: We evaluated the incidence of unexpected SCD on different days of the week in a consecutive series of 5869 SCD victims from Northern Finland [the FINGESTURE study (Finnish Genetic Study of Arrhythmic Events)]. As it is mandatory in Finland, a medico-legal autopsy was performed on all unexpected sudden death victims. The autopsies were performed between the years 1998–2017. Results: The mean incidence of unexpected SCD was higher at weekends (during the days from Friday to Sunday, peaking on Saturday) than during the days from Monday to Thursday (8.54 ± 0.72 vs. 7.22 ± 0.19 SCDs per day of the week per 100,000 inhabitants per year, p < 0.001). Regardless of sex or ischemic versus non-ischemic etiology of SCD, the distribution of the occurrence of SCD among the days of the week was similar compared with the whole SCD cohort. Conclusion: The incidence of unexpected SCD was highest at weekends (during the days from Friday to Sunday, peaking on Saturday).http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487524000114Sudden cardiac deathSeptadian variationMedico-legal autopsy |
| spellingShingle | Hanna Latola Severi M. Mattila Lasse Pakanen Lauri Holmström Janna Kauppila Olavi H. Ukkola M Juhani Junttila Heikki V. Huikuri Juha S. Perkiömäki Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death International Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention Sudden cardiac death Septadian variation Medico-legal autopsy |
| title | Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death |
| title_full | Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death |
| title_fullStr | Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death |
| title_full_unstemmed | Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death |
| title_short | Day-of-the-week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death |
| title_sort | day of the week variation of sudden unexpected cardiac death |
| topic | Sudden cardiac death Septadian variation Medico-legal autopsy |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772487524000114 |
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