Particulates in car and truck exhaust can bring on heart attacks in people with heart disease.
That’s according to a new study by researchers in Finland, published this week in an online version of the journal Circulation.
The study results provide the first “biological link” between exhaust particles and sickness and death from coronary heart disease, according to researchers.
The study tracked 45 Finnish heart patients and correlated with an analysis of the air near each patient’s home. The results linked “significant” oxygen deprivation during exercise with the fine particles, or particulates, coming from car and truck exhaust pipes. The particles can actually be detected in the bloodstream, researchers found.
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School predicts that this “insidious contributor to heart disease” will have even greater impact on the nation’s health as traffic worsens and more baby boomers get heart disease.
That’s according to a new study by researchers in Finland, published this week in an online version of the journal Circulation.
The study results provide the first “biological link” between exhaust particles and sickness and death from coronary heart disease, according to researchers.
The study tracked 45 Finnish heart patients and correlated with an analysis of the air near each patient’s home. The results linked “significant” oxygen deprivation during exercise with the fine particles, or particulates, coming from car and truck exhaust pipes. The particles can actually be detected in the bloodstream, researchers found.
A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School predicts that this “insidious contributor to heart disease” will have even greater impact on the nation’s health as traffic worsens and more baby boomers get heart disease.
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