OBJECTIVE: The authors conducted an investigation of the association between air pollution and arrhythmia. METHODS: A prospective panel study (October 2000-April 2001) was conducted in Erfurt, Germany. Fifty-seven men with coronary heart disease were subjected to six 24-hour electrocardiogram recordings. Runs of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia were associated with continuous ultrafine particle counts (UFP), accumulation mode particle counts (ACP), PM2.5, and gaseous pollutants. Poisson and linear regression models were applied adjusting for trend, weekday, and meteorologic data. RESULTS: Elevated concentrations of UFP, ACP, PM2.5, and nitrogen dioxide increased the risk for supraventricular runs and the number of ventricular runs at almost all lags. Statistically significant associations were found predominantly in the previous 24 to 71 hours and with the 5-day moving average. CONCLUSION: Elevated concentrations of fine and ultrafine particle increased the risk of arrhythmia in men with coronary heart disease.
OBJECTIVE: The authors conducted an investigation of the association between air pollution and arrhythmia. METHODS: A prospective panel study (October 2000-April 2001) was conducted in Erfurt, Germany. Fifty-seven men with coronary heart disease were subjected to six 24-hour electrocardiogram recordings. Runs of supraventricular and ventricular tachycardia were associated with continuous ultrafine particle counts (UFP), accumulation mode particle counts (ACP), PM2.5, and gaseous pollutants. Poisson and linear regression models were applied adjusting for trend, weekday, and meteorologic data. RESULTS: Elevated concentrations of UFP, ACP, PM2.5, and nitrogen dioxide increased the risk for supraventricular runs and the number of ventricular runs at almost all lags. Statistically significant associations were found predominantly in the previous 24 to 71 hours and with the 5-day moving average. CONCLUSION: Elevated concentrations of fine and ultrafine particle increased the risk of arrhythmia in men with coronary heart disease.
Authors: Jennifer M Cavallari; Shona C Fang; Ellen A Eisen; Murray A Mittleman; David C Christiani Journal: Occup Environ Med Date: 2016-04-06 Impact factor: 4.402
Authors: Wesley T O'Neal; Elsayed Z Soliman; Jimmy T Efird; Virginia J Howard; George Howard; Leslie A McClure Journal: Environ Res Date: 2017-01-03 Impact factor: 6.498
Authors: Wesley T O'Neal; Elsayed Z Soliman; Jimmy T Efird; Suzanne E Judd; Virginia J Howard; George Howard; Leslie A McClure Journal: J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol Date: 2016-09-21 Impact factor: 5.563
Authors: Fan He; Michele L Shaffer; Sol Rodriguez-Colon; Edward O Bixler; Alexandros N Vgontzas; Ronald W Williams; Rongling Wu; Wayne E Cascio; Duanping Liao Journal: Environ Health Date: 2010-11-08 Impact factor: 5.984
Authors: Mark S Link; Heike Luttmann-Gibson; Joel Schwartz; Murray A Mittleman; Benjamin Wessler; Diane R Gold; Douglas W Dockery; Francine Laden Journal: J Am Coll Cardiol Date: 2013-06-13 Impact factor: 24.094
Authors: Aimen K Farraj; Najwa Haykal-Coates; Darrell W Winsett; Mehdi S Hazari; Alex P Carll; William H Rowan; Allen D Ledbetter; Wayne E Cascio; Daniel L Costa Journal: Environ Health Perspect Date: 2008-12-31 Impact factor: 9.031
Authors: Anne B Knol; Jeroen J de Hartog; Hanna Boogaard; Pauline Slottje; Jeroen P van der Sluijs; Erik Lebret; Flemming R Cassee; J Arjan Wardekker; Jon G Ayres; Paul J Borm; Bert Brunekreef; Kenneth Donaldson; Francesco Forastiere; Stephen T Holgate; Wolfgang G Kreyling; Benoit Nemery; Juha Pekkanen; Vicky Stone; H-Erich Wichmann; Gerard Hoek Journal: Part Fibre Toxicol Date: 2009-07-24 Impact factor: 9.400