ReviewCirculation2018
Developing a Clinical Approach to Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Health.
Review in Circulation, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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65 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Household Air Pollution (HAP) on Cardiovascular Diseases in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of respirators to reduce fine particulate matter exposures on blood pressure and heart rate variability: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Home Particulate Air Filtration on Blood Pressure: A Systematic Review.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2020Pooled it
- Piloting co-developed behaviour change interventions to reduce exposure to air pollution and improve self-reported asthma-related health.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2025Trial
- Quantifying the Health Benefits Linked to Reduced Traffic-Related PMEnvironment & health (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Article
- Association Between the Use of Solid Fuels in Households and Hypertension in Peru: A Population-Based Analysis.High blood pressure & cardiovascular prevention : the official journal of the Italian Society of Hypertension · 2026Article
- Environmental Stressors and Cardiovascular Health: Acting Locally for Global Impact in a Changing World: A Statement of the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the World Heart Federation.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026Article
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- Environmental stressors and cardiovascular health: acting locally for global impact in a changing world.European heart journal · 2026Article
- Environment and CVD: moving from Risk Prediction to Risk Management.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2026Review
- Air Pollution Within the Public Health Exposome Framework: Impacts on Cardiovascular Health.Current epidemiology reports · 2026Review
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- Global information-seeking behavior of air pollution and cardiovascular disease: insights from google trends analysis.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2026Article
- Neighborhood Factors, Air Pollution, and Mortality Among Kidney Failure Patients: Exploring Differences by Race and Ethnicity.Kidney medicine · 2026Article
- Renal transcriptome-wide analyses in association with kidney black carbon load.Particle and fibre toxicology · 2025Article
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- Associations between fine particulate matter and in-home blood pressure during the 2022 wildfire season in Western Montana, USA.Environmental research, health : ERH · 2025Article
- Airborne injustice: a preliminary exploration of the associations between pollutants and hospitalizations, sleep, and cognition in children and young adults living with sickle cell disease.Journal of pediatric psychology · 2025Article
- Air pollution and cardiovascular diseases: mechanisms, evidence, and mitigation strategies.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Review
- The global burden and biomarkers of cardiovascular disease attributable to ambient particulate matter pollution.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
5 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
Nearly 3 billion people are exposed to household air pollution emitted from inefficient cooking and heating stoves, and almost the entire global population is exposed to detectable levels of outdoor air pollution from traffic, industry, and other sources. Over 3 million people die annually of ischemic heart disease or stroke attributed to air pollution, more than from traditional cardiac risk factors such as obesity, diabetes mellitus, or smoking. Clinicians have a role to play in reducing the burden of pollution-attributable cardiovascular disease. However, there currently exists no clear clinical approach to this problem. Here, we provide a blueprint for an evidence-based clinical approach to assessing and mitigating cardiovascular risk from exposure to air pollution. We begin with a discussion of the global burden of pollution-attributable cardiovascular disease, including a review of the mechanisms by which particulate matter air pollution leads to cardiovascular outcomes. Next, we offer a simple patient-screening tool using known risk factors for pollution exposure. We then discuss approaches to quantifying air pollution exposures and cardiovascular risk, including the development of risk maps for clinical catchment areas. We review a collection of interventions for household and outdoor air pollution, which clinicians can tailor to patients and populations at risk. Finally, we identify future research needed to quantify pollution exposures and validate clinical interventions. Overall, we demonstrate that clinicians can be empowered to mitigate the global burden of cardiovascular disease attributable to air pollution.
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