Solar and geomagnetic activity enhance the effects of air pollutants on atrial fibrillation.
Carolina Leticia Zilli VieiraMark S LinkEric GarshickAdjani A PeraltaHeike Luttmann-GibsonFrancine LadenMan LiuDiane R GoldPetros KoutrakisPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2021)
The effects of air pollutants up to 24 h before AF events were enhanced during periods of increased SGA. Our results suggest that these effects may account for variation in AF risk.