Weather and triggering of ventricular arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 175-181

  Nguyen, Jennifer L ^a   Laden, Francine ^a,b   Link, Mark S ^c   Schwartz, Joel ^a,b   Luttmann Gibson, Heike ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

arrhythmia; humidity; implantable cardioverter defibrillator; temperature; weather

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR POLLUTION; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; COLD TEMPERATURE; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR; VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923602692     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2013.72     Document Type: Article

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