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ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2012

Case report: supraventricular arrhythmia after exposure to concentrated ambient air pollution particles.

Andrew J Ghio, Maryann Bassett, Tracey Montilla, Eugene H Chung, Candice B Smith, Wayne E Cascio, Martha Sue Carraway

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Article in Environmental health perspectives, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Experimental human exposure to air pollutants is essential to understand adverse health effects.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2013
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7 authors.

Andrew J GhioEnvironmental Public Health Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA. ghio.andy@epa.gov
Maryann Bassett
Tracey Montilla
Eugene H Chung
Candice B Smith
Wayne E Cascio
Martha Sue Carraway

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

contextExposure to air pollution can result in the onset of arrhythmias. CASE PRESENTATION: We present a case of a 58-year-old woman who volunteered to participate in a controlled exposure to concentrated ambient particles. Twenty minutes into the exposure, telemetry revealed new onset of atrial fibrillation. The exposure was discontinued, and she reverted to normal sinus rhythm approximately 2 hr later. No abnormality was evident on the volunteer's laboratory examination or echocardiography that could explain an increased risk for supraventricular arrhythmia. DISCUSSION: Epidemiologic evidence strongly supports a relationship between exposure to air pollutants and cardiovascular disease, but population-level data are not directly relevant to the clinical presentation of individual cases. To our knowledge, this is the only case report of an individual suffering an episode of atrial fibrillation after exposure to an air pollutant. The resolution of the arrhythmia with termination of the particle exposure further supports a causal relationship between the two. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Exposure to air pollution, including particulate matter, may cause supraventricular arrhythmias.

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Air PollutantsAtrial FibrillationAtrial FlutterFemaleHumansMiddle AgedNorth CarolinaParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate Matter

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PMID21896397
PMCPMC3279446

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