Triggering of acute coronary syndromes : [electronic resource] implications for prevention / edited by Stefan N. Willich and James E. Muller

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / E. Braunwald -- Introduction / S. N. Willich and J. E. Muller -- 1. Magnitude of cardiovascular disease: impact and prevention in populations / Diane E. Bild and Lawrence Friedman -- 2. Secular trends and declining mortality rates from coronary heart disease in the United States / Robert J. Goldberg -- 3. Circadian variation in the incidence of transient myocardial ischemia / David Mulcahy and Henry Purcell -- 4. Circadian variation in the onset of myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death / James E. Muller and Stefan N. Willich -- 5. Triggering of myocardial infarction by physical activity, emotional stress and sexual activity / Murray A. Mittleman -- 6. Physical activity, time of awakening, and other possible triggers of sudden cardiac death / Stefan N. Willich and Hans-Richard Arntz -- 7. Subacute psychobiological factors predisposing to triggering of coronary syndromes / Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller.