Associations Between Extreme Temperatures and Cardiovascular Cause-Specific Mortality: Results From 27 Countries.
Barrak AlahmadHaitham KhraishahDominic RoyéAna Maria Vicedo-CabreraYuming GuoStefania I PapatheodorouSouzana AchilleosFiorella AcquaottaBen ArmstrongMichelle L BellShih-Chun PanMicheline De Sousa Zanotti Stagliorio CoelhoValentina ColistroTran Ngoc DangVan Dung DoFrancesca K De' DonatoAlireza EntezariYue-Liang Leon GuoMasahiro HashizumeYasushi HondaEne IndermitteCarmen ÍñiguezJouni J K JaakkolaHo KimEric LavigneWhanhee LeeShanshan LiJoana MadureiraFatemeh MayvanehHans OrruAla Vladimir OvercencoMartina S RagettliNiilo R I RytiPaulo Hilário do Nascimento SaldivaNoah ScovronickXerxes SeposoFrancesco SeraSusana Pereira SilvaMassimo StafoggiaAurelio TobíasEric GarshickAaron S BernsteinAntonella ZanobettiJoel D SchwartzAntonio GasparriniPetros KoutrakisPublished in: Circulation (2022)
Across a large, multinational sample, exposure to extreme hot and cold temperatures was associated with a greater risk of mortality from multiple common cardiovascular conditions. The intersections between extreme temperatures and cardiovascular health need to be thoroughly characterized in the present day-and especially under a changing climate.