Open AccessDrier Air, Lower Temperatures, and Triggering of Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
Jennifer Nguyen,
Mark S. Link,
Heike LuttmannGibson,
Francine Laden,
Joel Schwartz,
Benjamin S. Wessler,
Murray A. Mittleman,
Diane R. Gold,
Douglas W. Dockery
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/ede.0000000000000284
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , confidence interval , odds ratio , dew point , incidence (geometry) , fibrillation , anesthesia , meteorology , physics , optics
The few previous studies on the onset of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and meteorologic conditions have focused on outdoor temperature and hospital admissions, but hospital admissions are a crude indicator of atrial fibrillation incidence, and studies have found other weather measures in addition to temperature to be associated with cardiovascular outcomes.