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ArticleCurrent cardiology reviews2022

The Influence of Environmental Air Pollution on Ventricular Arrhythmias: A Scoping Review.

Susil Pallikadavath, Zakariyya Vali, Roshan Patel, Akash Mavilakandy, Nicholas Peckham, Matt Clegg, Alastair J Sandilands, G André Ng

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Article in Current cardiology reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Susil PallikadavathDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
Zakariyya ValiDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
Roshan PatelLeicester Medical School, College of Life Sciences, University of Leicester, UK.
Akash MavilakandyDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
Nicholas PeckhamCentre for Statistics in Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Matt CleggDepartment of Geography, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Alastair J SandilandsDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
G André NgDepartment of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and the NIHR Leicester Biomedical Research Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK.
University of Leicester · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation RG/17/3/32774Medical Research Council MC_PC_17171Medical Research Council MR/S037306/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionExposure to air pollution is a recognised risk factor for cardiovascular disease and has been associated with supraventricular arrhythmias. The effect of air pollution on ventricular arrhythmias is less clear. This scoping review assessed the effects of particulate and gaseous air pollutants on the incidence of ventricular arrhythmias.

methodsMEDLINE and EMBASE databases were searched for studies assessing the effects of air pollutants on ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. These pollutants were particulate matter (PM) 2.5, PM10, Nitrogen Dioxide (NO

resultsThis review identified 27 studies: nine in individuals with implantable cardioverter defibrillators, five in those with ischaemic heart disease, and 13 in the general population. Those with ischaemic heart disease appear to have the strongest association with ventricular arrhythmias in both gaseous and particulate pollution, with all three studies assessing the effects of PM2.5 demonstrating some association with ventricular arrythmia. Results in the general and ICD population were less consistent.

conclusionIndividuals with ischaemic heart disease may be at an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmias following exposure to air pollution.

Indexed as

Air PollutantsAir PollutionMyocardial IschemiaTachycardia, VentricularArrhythmias, CardiacHumansAir PollutantsAir pollutionarrhythmiacardiovascular diseasesupraventricular arrhythmiasventricular fibrillationventricular tachycardia

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