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Baez-Ferrer N, Dominguez Rodriguez A, Hernandez-Vaquero D, Rodriguez S, Avanzas P, Abreu-Gonzalez P, Cuevas E. P3420Is there an association between Saharan dust events and acute coronary syndrome incidence? Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz745.0294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Abstract
Background
Asian dust and air pollution have been recently recognized as triggers in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction. The inflow of dust from the Sahara into Spain causes an increase in particulate matter (PM) levels in the atmosphere. The proximity to the Western Coast of Morocco and the Sahara Desert promotes the seasonality arrival of natural PM on the Canary Islands (Spain), leading to high concentrations of PM with an aerodynamic diameter over 10μm (PM10). The association of dust transport from the Sahara to the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean areas over the incidence of acute coronary syndromes (ACS), is unknown.
Purpose
The aim of the present study was to elucidate whether Saharan dust events in the dust belt - Canary Islands - is associated with the incidence of ACS.
Methods
We retrospectively collected data of hospitalizations due to ACS in 2416 consecutive patients from a tertiary care hospital in Tenerife (Canary Islands–Spain), from December 2012 to December 2017. Taking advantage of Canary Islands location, we characterized the Saharan dust events using PMx measurements and dust modeling. Concentrations of PM10 and reactive gases are measured in the Air Quality Network of the Canary Islands by using the European reference method. We applied the time-stratified case crossover design to examine the association between Saharan dust events and the incidence of ACS. This design allows us to adjust for individual confounders, season, time trend and the day of week. Using conditional Poisson regression models, we estimated the impact of PM10 Saharan dust events on the incidence of ACS. Because the effects of Saharan dust events could persist over the course of a few days, we examined the lag effect from Day 0 to Day 5.
Results
The occurrence of Saharan dust events observed 0–5 days before the ACS was not significantly associated with the incidence of ACS. PM10 (μg/m3) effect was: lag 0 (IRR: 0.999, 95% CI: 0.977–1.022), lag 1 (IRR: 1.025, 95% CI: 0.988–1.063), lag 2 (IRR: 0.98, 95% CI: 0.928–1.042), lag 3 (IRR: 0.976, 95% CI: 0.944–1.011), lag 4 (IRR: 0.996, 95% CI: 0.983–1.008) and lag 5 (IRR: 0.996, 95% CI: 0.984–1.007). (Figure 1)
Poisson regression model of PM10
Conclusions
This negative study, the first to assess the impact of Saharan dust events as a potential trigger in the onset of ACS, shows that African dust is unlikely to be associated with the incidence of ACS.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Experimental Station of Arid Zones, Almeria, Spain
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- University Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- Centro de Investigacion Atmosferico de Izaña- AEMET-CSIC, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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Lacalzada Almeida J, Armarnani Armarnani V, Garcia-Niebla J, Izquierdo-Gomez MM, Elosua R, Jimenez-Sosa A, Baranchuk A, De La Rosa-Hernandez A, Mari-Lopez B, Baez-Ferrer N, Duque-Gonzalez A, Laynez-Cerdena I, Barragan-Acea A, Bayes De Luna A. P2463Advanced interatrial block is a surrogate for left atrial strain reduction which predicts atrial fibrillation and stroke. Eur Heart J 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz748.0795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Background
The association between advanced interatrial block (aIAB) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is known as “Bayes' Syndrome”. There is little information on the prognostic role that new speckle tracking echocardiographic (STE) imaging techniques could play in it.
Purpose
We have examined the relationship between left atrial (LA) STE and the prediction of new-onset AF and/or stroke in IAB patients.
Methods
Observational study with 98 outpatients: 55 (56.2%) controls with normal ECG, 21 (21.4%) with partial IAB (pIAB) and 22 (22.4%) with aIAB. The end-point was new-onset AF, ischemic stroke, and the composite of both.
Results
During a mean follow-up of 1.9 (1.7–2.3) years, 20 patients presented the end-point (18 new-onset AF and 2 strokes): 8 (14.5%) in the control group, 3 (14.3%) in pIAB and 9 (40.9%) in aIAB, p=0.03. In multivariable comprehensive Cox regression analyses, a decrease of strain rate during the booster pump function phase (SRa) was the only variable independently related to the appearance in the evolution of the end-point, in the first model (age, P wave duration and SRa): HR 19.9 (95% CI, 3.12–127.5), p=0.002 and in the second (age, presence of aIAB and SRa): HR 24.2 (95% CI, 3.15–185.4), p=0.002.
Conclusions
In patients with IAB, a decrease in absolute value of LA SRa with STE predicts new-onset AF and ischemic stroke.
Acknowledgement/Funding
None
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Affiliation(s)
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital del Mar, Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Genetics Research Group, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Queen's University, Heart Rhythm Service, Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, Canada
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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- Catalan Institute for Cardiovascular Science, Barcelona, Spain
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Amarnani-Amarnani V, Dominguez Rodriguez A, Avanzas P, Baez-Ferrer N, Miranda J, Garcia-Baute MC, Morera-Fumero A, Abreu-Gonzalez P. P4185Psychiatric symptoms and gender related differences in patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructive coronary arteries. Eur Heart J 2018. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehy563.p4185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
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- University Hospital Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
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- University Hospital of Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
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