Erratum to “Effect of sleep deprivation on cardiovascular health” [Int. J. Cardiol. 134 (2009) 293–294

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The publishers regret that in the above published article the following amendments were not incorporated.Amendments to final paragraph's last three sentences:A recent report from the investigators of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study that shorter objectively measured sleep duration is associated with incident coronary artery calcification [21] provides further food for thought. It has been suggested that siesta is actually more beneficial than nocturnal sleep [20]. As Noel Coward remarked, in hot climates, only “mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”, while the locals “seemed hardwired to take an afternoon siesta” [22]. The publishers regret that in the above published article the following amendments were not incorporated. Amendments to final paragraph's last three sentences: A recent report from the investigators of the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study that shorter objectively measured sleep duration is associated with incident coronary artery calcification [21] provides further food for thought. It has been suggested that siesta is actually more beneficial than nocturnal sleep [20]. As Noel Coward remarked, in hot climates, only “mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the midday sun”, while the locals “seemed hardwired to take an afternoon siesta” [22]. Effect of sleep deprivation on cardiovascular healthInternational Journal of CardiologyVol. 134Issue 3PreviewThe provocative article by Janszky and Ljung [1] showed shifts to and from daylight saving time—turning clocks forward by an hour in the spring and backward by an hour in the autumn—to have an important effect on the incidence of myocardial infarction. It was a very timely report, because it was published just two days before the end of daylight saving time in 2008. The authors attributed the increased incidence of myocardial infarction during the first few days after shift to daylight savings time (Fig. Full-Text PDF