Acute exposure to air pollution triggers atrial fibrillation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 816-825

  Link, Mark S ^a   Luttmann Gibson, Heike ^b   Schwartz, Joel ^b,c   Mittleman, Murray A ^b,d   Wessler, Benjamin ^a   Gold, Diane R ^b,c   Dockery, Douglas W ^b   Laden, Francine ^b,c  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

air pollution; atrial fibrillation; particulate matter; traffic

Indexed keywords

CARBON SULFATE; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AF; AIR POLLUTION; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BC; BLACK CARBON; CI; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; EPA; ICD; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER-DEFIBRILLATOR; PARTICLE NUMBER COUNT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PARTICULATE MATTER <2.5 ΜM AERODYNAMIC DIAMETER; PM(2.5); PNC; TRAFFIC;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARTICULATE MATTER; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882742035     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.043     Document Type: Article

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