Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: a window of opportunity

Michael B Hadley; Rajesh Vedanthan; Valentin Fuster

doi:10.1038/nrcardio.2017.207

Air pollution and cardiovascular disease: a window of opportunity

Nat Rev Cardiol. 2018 Apr;15(4):193-194. doi: 10.1038/nrcardio.2017.207. Epub 2018 Jan 3.

Authors

Michael B Hadley¹, Rajesh Vedanthan¹, Valentin Fuster¹

Affiliation

¹ Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1 Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, New York 10029, USA.

Abstract

The recent publication of The Lancet Commission on pollution and health is a watershed moment for one of the greatest challenges to cardiovascular health. In this Comment article, we discuss the global burden of air pollution on cardiovascular health.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Comment

MeSH terms

Air Pollution*
Cardiovascular Diseases*
Global Burden of Disease
Humans
Risk Assessment

Grants and funding

R21 HL140474/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States