Ambient air pollution and cardiac arrhythmias in patients with implantable defibrillators

• Published in: Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) Vol. 18; no. 5; p. 585
• Main Authors: Metzger, Kristina B, Klein, Mitchel, Flanders, W Dana, Peel, Jennifer L, Mulholland, James A, Langberg, Jonathan J, Tolbert, Paige E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.09.2007
• Subjects: Air Pollutants - adverse effects; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; Arrhythmias, Cardiac; Defibrillators, Implantable; Environmental Monitoring; Epidemiological Monitoring; Georgia - epidemiology; Humans; Medical Records; Models, Statistical; Seasons; Tachycardia, Ventricular - epidemiology; Tachycardia, Ventricular - etiology; Georgia

Previous studies of ambient air pollution and ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with implantable cardioverter defibrillators have yielded mixed results. We examined this relationship in a study of 518 patients with 6287 tachyarrhythmic event-days over a 10-year period in Atlanta, Georgia. The...