[Environment and cardiovascular health: causes, consequences and opportunities in prevention and treatment].

ABSTRACT: The environment is a strong determinant of cardiovascular health. Environmental cardiology studies the contribution of environmental exposures with the aim of minimizing the harmful influences of pollution and promoting cardiovascular health through specific preventive or therapeutic strategies. The present review focuses on particulate matter and metals, which are the pollutants with the strongest level of scientific evidence, and includes possible interventions. Legislation, mitigation and control of pollutants in air, water and food, as well as environmental policies for heart-healthy spaces, are key measures for cardiovascular health. Individual strategies include the chelation of divalent metals such as lead and cadmium, metals that can only be removed from the body via chelation. The

SUBMITTER: Baneras J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9785336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature