Particulate Air Pollution and Risk of ST-Segment Depression During Repeated Submaximal Exercise Tests Among Subjects With Coronary Heart Disease The Exposure and Risk Assessment for Fine and Ultrafine Particles in Ambient Air (ULTRA) Study

• Published in: Circulation (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 106; no. 8; pp. 933 - 938
• Main Authors: Pekkanen, Juha, Peters, Annette, Hoek, Gerard, Tiittanen, Pekka, Brunekreef, Bert, de Hartog, Jeroen, Heinrich, Joachim, Ibald-Mulli, Angela, Kreyling, Wolfgang G., Lanki, Timo, Timonen, Kirsi L., Vanninen, Esko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 20.08.2002; American Heart Association, Inc
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Atherosclerosis (general aspects, experimental research); Biological and medical sciences; Blood and lymphatic vessels; Cardiology. Vascular system; Coronary Disease - diagnosis; Electrocardiography; Environmental Exposure; Exercise Test; Female; Finland - epidemiology; Humans; Humidity; Male; Medical sciences; Myocardial Ischemia - diagnosis; Myocardial Ischemia - epidemiology; Myocardial Ischemia - etiology; Particle Size; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Temperature; Finland; Human; Risk factor; Cardiovascular disease; Exercise tolerance test; Air pollution; ST depression; Coronary heart disease
• ISSN: 0009-7322; 1524-4539; 1524-4539
• DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000027561.41736.3C

Background— Daily variations in ambient particulate air pollution have been associated with cardiovascular mortality and morbidity. We therefore assessed the associations between levels of the 3 main modes of urban aerosol distribution and the occurrence of ST-segment depressions during repeated exe...