Short‑term effects of ambient air pollution exposure on hospital emergency room visits for atrial fibrillation: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although air pollutants are linked to cardiopulmonary mortality, their impact on cardiac arrhythmias is not well understood. This study examines the short-term effects of air pollution on emergency admissions for acute atrial fibrillation (AF) in Taiwan.

Methods

This study used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database, including 16,778,374 participants aged 20 and older, residing in the same districts during 10-year follow-ups from 2008 to 2017. Hourly air pollutant exposure data were obtained from the Taiwan Environmental Protection Administration Database. Records of patients with ICD-9 code 427.31 (AF) as the primary diagnosis from emergency departments were extracted. Emergency visits for AF were compared across exposures to pollutants such as part

SUBMITTER: Huang YS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12508849 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature