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Increased Risk of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation Episodes Associated with Acute Increases in Ambient Air Pollution

Objectives: We reported previously that 24-hr moving average ambient air pollution concentrations were positively associated with ventricular arrhythmias detected by implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). ICDs also detect paroxysmal atrial fibrillation episodes (PAF) that result in rapid ve...

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Autores principales: Rich, David Q., Mittleman, Murray A., Link, Mark S., Schwartz, Joel, Luttmann-Gibson, Heike, Catalano, Paul J., Speizer, Frank E., Gold, Diane R., Dockery, Douglas W.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1332666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16393668
http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8371