TY - JOUR AU - Davídkovová, Hana AU - Plavcová, Eva AU - Kynčl, Jan AU - Kyselý, Jan PY - 2014 DA - 2014/05/21 TI - Impacts of hot and cold spells differ for acute and chronic ischaemic heart diseases JO - BMC Public Health SP - 480 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - Many studies have reported associations between temperature extremes and cardiovascular mortality but little has been understood about differences in the effects on acute and chronic diseases. The present study examines hot and cold spell effects on ischaemic heart disease (IHD) mortality in the Czech Republic during 1994–2009, with emphasis upon differences in the effects on acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and chronic IHD. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-480 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-480 ID - Davídkovová2014 ER -