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Association Between Ambient Air Pollution and Cardiac Morpho-Functional Phenotypes: Insights From the UK Biobank Population Imaging Study.
Circulation - 13 Nov 2018
Aung Nay, Sanghvi Mihir M, Zemrak Filip, Lee Aaron M, Cooper Jackie A, Paiva Jose M, Thomson Ross J, Fung Kenneth, Khanji Mohammed Y, Lukaschuk Elena, Carapella Valentina, Kim Young Jin, Munroe Patricia B, Piechnik Stefan K, Neubauer Stefan, Petersen Steffen E
Abstract excerpt
Background: Exposure to ambient air pollution is strongly associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Little is known about the influence of air pollutants on cardiac structure and function. We aim to investigate the relationship between chronic past exposure to traffic-related pollutants and the cardiac chamber volume, ejection fraction, and left ventricular remodeling patterns after...
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