Heart Failure

Studies in the area of heart failure reported from J.L. Barclay and co-researchers

Published in Blood Weekly, June 11th, 2009

In this recently published article, scientists in Scotland conducted a study "To investigate preclinical adverse effects of ambient particulate air pollution and nitrogen oxides in patients with heart failure. A cohort of 132 non-smoking patients living in Aberdeen, Scotland, with stable chronic heart failure were enrolled in a repeated-measures panel study."

"Patients with atrial fibrillation or pacemakers were excluded. Participants were studied for 3 days every 2 months for up to 1 year with monitoring of pollutant exposure and concurrent measurements of pathophysiological responses. Measurements included daily area concentration of particulate matter with a median...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2009-06-11)

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