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Article: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins: Environmental Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) Reduces Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in Coronary Heart Disease (CHD)-Susceptible Patients.
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- November 28, 2005
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LONDON, November 28 /PRNewswire/ -- NO2 can disturb cardiac autonomic function in coronary heart disease (CHD)-susceptible patients reports a recent European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EJCPR) article published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Association between nitrogen dioxide and heart rate variability in susceptible population.
The linkage between exposure to particulate air pollution and increased cardiovascular symptoms and mortality has been shown in epidemiological studies previously, yet relatively little is known about the effect of gaseous pollutants on cardiovascular diseases.
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