Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 599-602 , May 2009

Circadian patterns in the occurrence of malignant ventricular tachyarrhythmias triggering defibrillator interventions in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

  • Barry J. Maron, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Dr. Barry J. Maron, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, 920 East 28th Street, Suite 620, Minneapolis, Minneapolis 55407
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  • Christopher Semsarian, MBBS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Cardiology Group, Centenary Institute, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Win-Kuang Shen, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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  • Mark S. Link, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Andrew E. Epstein, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
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  • N.A. Mark Estes III, MD, FHRS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
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  • Adrian Almquist, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Michael C. Giudici, MD

      Affiliations

    • Genesis Medical Center, Davenport, Iowa
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  • Tammy S. Haas, RN

      Affiliations

    • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center of the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • James S. Hodges, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Paolo Spirito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiology, Ente Ospedaliero Ospedali Galliera, Genoa, Italy

Received 4 November 2008 ,Accepted 5 February 2009.

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 This study was supported by a grant from Medtronic, Inc. to Barry J. Maron, MD, and Paolo Spirito, MD.

PII: S1547-5271(09)00132-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2009.02.007

Heart Rhythm
Volume 6, Issue 5 , Pages 599-602 , May 2009