Air pollution: Researchers have discovered a link between chronic air pollution and a higher incidence of arrhythmia, or irregular heartbeat. Air pollution is a modifiable risk factor for cardiac disease, although there is currently conflicting evidence connecting it to arrhythmia. Chinese researchers used data from 2025 hospitals in 322 Chinese cities to examine the relationship between hourly exposure to air pollution and the abrupt onset of arrhythmia symptoms.
Air pollution in China is significantly higher
The researchers used air pollutant concentrations from monitoring stations closest to the reporting hospitals to conduct their studies because air pollution in China is significantly higher than the World Health Organization’s recommendations for air quality. Dr. Renjie Chen from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, said, ‘We discovered that acute exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with increased risk of symptomatic arrhythmia. The dangers surfaced during the first few hours following exposure and can last for a full day.’
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Air pollution affects the electrophysiological activities of the heart
An estimated 59.7 million people worldwide suffer from the frequent arrhythmia disorders atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, which can develop into more serious cardiac disease. 190,115 patients with acutely developing symptoms of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, premature heartbeats (originating in either the atria or ventricles of the heart), and supraventricular tachycardia were included in the study. According to some data, air pollution affects the electrophysiological activities of the heart by causing oxidative stress and systemic inflammation, changing a number of membrane channels, and disrupting the autonomic nervous system, they continued.
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