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Do acute changes in ambient air pollution increase the risk of potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators?

BACKGROUND: Daily changes in ambient air pollution have been associated with cardiac morbidity and mortality. Precipitating a cardiac arrhythmia in susceptible individuals may be one mechanism. We investigated the influence of daily changes in air pollution in the Province of Ontario, Canada on the...

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Autores principales: Dales, Robert, Lee, Douglas S., Wang, Xuesong, Cakmak, Sabit, Szyszkowicz, Mieczyslaw, Shutt, Robin, Birnie, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7301471/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32552837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12940-020-00622-w