2023-05-01 09:13:07
A team of researchers from Fudan University, Shanghai, compared data from more than 2,200 hospitals across China, a country where pollution causes between 750,000 and 2.2 million premature deaths a year. In all, data from approximately 190,000 patients with sudden arrhythmias were studied.
Result: exposure to pollution was clearly associated with risks of cardiac arrhythmia, associated in particular with atrial fibrillation, which promotes the formation of blood clots in the arteries and tachycardia. While the magnitude of the phenomenon observed might vary depending on the type of air pollutant, the geographical area and the season, the team believes that the greater the exposure, the stronger the two disorders.
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