Circadian medicine is a promising approach that targets the heart's daily physiologic and molecular rhythms to benefit the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Circadian rhythms are fundamentally important for cardiovascular health, including heart rate, blood pressure, and molecular gene and protein responses. Rhythms also play a direct role in the pathophysiology of heart disease, such as in the timing of onset and severity of myocardial infarction, sudden cardiac death, ventricular arrhythmias, and stroke. Importantly, a flurry of new studies reveals translational applications for circadian biology to clinical medicine, and especially cardiology. Circadian medicine is a promising new approach that targets the heart's daily physiologic and molecular rhythms to benefit the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease.
Mistry et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease. Circadian medicine was evaluated. Circadian medicine is a promising approach that targets the heart's daily physiologic and molecular rhythms to benefit the treatment of patients with cardiovascular disease.