Nicole DeVille (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) co-published an article titled, "Air Pollution and Temperature: a Systematic Review of Ubiquitous Environmental Exposures and Sudden Cardiac Death," in the journal Current Environmental Health Reports.
Environmental exposures have been associated with increased risk of cardiovascular mortality and acute coronary events, but their relationship with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) and sudden cardiac death (SCD) remains unclear. The authors found that particulate matter air pollution, ozone, and both hot and cold temperatures are associated with increased risk of OHCA/SCD. Further, pollution and other exposures related to climate change play an important role in OHCA/SCD incidence.
