ReviewRevista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.)2022
Environment and cardiovascular health: causes, consequences and opportunities in prevention and treatment.
Review in Revista espanola de cardiologia (English ed.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy (TACT)
Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy 2
Who cites it
3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Association of Desert Dust with the Risk of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Subjects of a Younger Age.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Contaminant Metals as Cardiovascular Risk Factors: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
14 authors at 10 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
The environment is a strong determinant of cardiovascular health. Environmental cardiology studies the contribution of environmental exposures with the aim of minimizing the harmful influences of pollution and promoting cardiovascular health through specific preventive or therapeutic strategies. The present review focuses on particulate matter and metals, which are the pollutants with the strongest level of scientific evidence, and includes possible interventions. Legislation, mitigation and control of pollutants in air, water and food, as well as environmental policies for heart-healthy spaces, are key measures for cardiovascular health. Individual strategies include the chelation of divalent metals such as lead and cadmium, metals that can only be removed from the body via chelation. The TACT (Trial to Assess Chelation Therapy, NCT00044213) clinical trial demonstrated cardiovascular benefit in patients with a previous myocardial infarction, especially in those with diabetes. Currently, the TACT2 trial (NCT02733185) is replicating the TACT results in people with diabetes. Data from the United States and Argentina have also shown the potential usefulness of chelation in severe peripheral arterial disease. More research and action in environmental cardiology could substantially help to improve the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease.
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