TY - JOUR ID - 10680 TI - Association between ambient air pollution and hospitalization caused by atrial fibrillation JO - ARYA Atherosclerosis Journal JA - ARYA LA - en SN - 1735-3955 AU - Saifipour, Amir AU - Azhari, Amirhossein AU - Pourmoghaddas, Ali AU - Hosseini, Sayed Mohsen AU - Jafari-Koshki, Tohid AU - Rahimi, Mojtaba AU - Nasri, Ali AU - Shishehforoush, Mansour AU - Lahijanzadeh, Ahmadreza AU - Sadeghian, Babak AU - Moazam, Elham AU - Mohebi, Mohammad Bagher AU - Ezatian, Victoria AU - Rabiei, Katayoun AU - Sarrafzadegan, Nizal AD - Cardiology Resident, Cardiac Rehabilitation Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Heart Failure Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Professor, Hypertension Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Professor, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Road Traffic Injury Research Center AND Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Health, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran AD - Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, Interventional Cardiology Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Isfahan Disaster Management Office, Isfahan Governor’s Office, Isfahan, Iran AD - Khuzestan Department of Environment, Ahvaz, Iran AD - Central Laboratory and Air Pollution Monitoring, Isfahan Province Environmental Monitoring Center, Isfahan Department of Environment, Isfahan, Iran AD - Cancer Prevention Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Information Technology Office, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Isfahan Meteorological Office, Isfahan, Iran AD - PhD Candidate, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran AD - Professor, Isfahan Cardiovascular Research Center, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 15 IS - 3 SP - 106 EP - 112 KW - Air Pollution KW - Atrial Fibrillation KW - Nitrogen Dioxide DO - 10.22122/arya.v15i3.1843 N2 - BACKGROUND: Many studies have shown the worst effects of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Present study focused on the relationship between atrial fibrillation (AF), as one of the common arrhythmias, and air pollutants in Isfahan, Iran, an industrial city in the Middle East.METHODS: A case-crossover design was used to explore the associations between air pollution and AF hospitalized patients with ventricular response (VR) > 90 beats per minute (bpm) (fast response) and those with VR ≤ 90 bpm. All patients' records were extracted from their hospital files. Air pollutants data including particulate matter less than 10 µ (PM10), PM2.5, carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ozone (O3) were obtained from the Correlation of Air Pollution with Hospitalization and Mortality of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases (CAPACITY) study. Conditional logistic regression test was used to measure the relationship between pollutants and hospitalization due to AF.RESULTS: Records of 369 patients, including 173 men (46.9%) who were hospitalized for AF during the study period and had complete data were extracted. Although a positive but not statistically significant relationship was shown between 10-unit increases in all pollutants (except PM10) and the hospitalization due to AF in patients with rapid VR (RVR), the only significant relationship was observed in case of NO2 [odds ratio (OR) = 1.26, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.0-2.1, P = 0.031].CONCLUSION: This study showed positive significant relationships between NO2 and the hospitalization due to AF in patients with RVR. NO2 is a greenhouse gas whose levels are expected to increase due to global environmental changes. Therefore, relevant strategies should be adopted to decrease its levels, especially in industrial cities like Isfahan. UR - https://arya.mui.ac.ir/article_10680.html L1 - https://arya.mui.ac.ir/article_10680_45343dbfc830104e3fdb25155ac59d73.pdf ER -