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. 2018 Jun 1;128(6):2157–2167. doi: 10.1172/JCI80590

Figure 1. The day/night pattern of adverse cardiovascular events.

Figure 1

Epidemiological studies reveal that adverse cardiovascular events including myocardial infarction (MI), sudden cardiac death (SCD), and ischemic stroke have increased frequencies in the morning hours compared with other times of the day and night (redrawn from refs. 8, 9, 11).