Exposure to extreme temperatures increases the risk of death from cardiovascular causes, according to a new study.
By studying global data collected over four decades of patients with heart disease, the authors of this study found that extreme temperatures were responsible for regarding 11.3 out of 1,000 deaths from cardiovascular problems.
Patients with heart failure were more likely than those with other types of heart disease to experience the negative impacts of very cold or very hot days, observed the authors of the study, published Monday in the journal Circulation. American Heart Association.
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According to the study, these people had a 12% increased risk of dying on days of extreme heat and a 37% increased risk of dying on days of extreme cold, compared to days of optimum temperature.
The apparent link between temperature extremes and patient outcomes” emphasizes the urgent need to develop measures that will help our society to mitigate the impact of climate change on cardiovascular disease“Said study co-author Haitham Khraishah, a member of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in a statement.
To reach their conclusions, Khraishah and his colleagues conducted an analysis of more than 32 million cardiovascular deaths over 40 years.
The study looked at deaths that occurred in 567 cities in 27 countries across five continents between 1979 and 2019.
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