Abstract
Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the diurnal variation of hospital arrivals of emergency transfers due to sudden cardiac death (SD). Such variation closely reflects circadian variations in the occurrence of SD. Methods: We studied 259 patients (mean age 67±16 years, 177 males) transferred to the emergency department of our hospital with SD from 01/01/2002 to 30/11/2005. Only patients with warning signs and symptoms occurring within 1h before collapse were included. Patients with end stage chronic disease were excluded from the study.
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