Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Adverse Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure

Ambient Air Pollution Exposure and Adverse Outcomes Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Heart Failure

Background Exposure to fine particulate matter (<2.5 um, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter <2.5 microns [PM2.5]) has been implicated in atherogenesis. Limited data in animal studies suggest that PM2.5 exposure leads to myocardial fibrosis and increased incidence of heart failure...

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Main Authors: Amgad Mentias, Milind Y. Desai, Ambarish Pandey, Issam Motairek, Rohit Moudgil, Chonyang Albert, Salil V. Deo, Robert D. Brook, Venu Menon, Sanjay Rajagopalan, Sadeer Al‐Kindi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-08-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
air pollution
heart failure
hospitalization
death
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.032902
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