Joint Exposure to Ozone, Higher Temperature Increases AMI Risk in Younger Adults – American College of Cardiology
Exposure to both ozone pollution and higher ambient temperature, even when one exposure is moderate, increases the probability of an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in younger adults, according to a large U.S. study pub lished June 3 in Circulation. In this time-stratified case-crossover study, Lingzhi Chu, PhD, Harlan M. Krumholz, MD, SM, FACC, et al., identified 270,123 adults (30% women) aged 18-64 years with incident AMI who were insured with a private nationwide company from 2016 to 2020. They
