Acute and recent air pollution exposure and cardiovascular events at labour and delivery

Conclusions
Air pollution in the days prior to delivery, especially nitrogen oxides and some toxic air pollution species, was associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events during the labour/delivery admission.

Source: Heart - August 25, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Mannisto, T., Mendola, P., Grantz, K. L., Leishear, K., Sundaram, R., Sherman, S., Ying, Q., Liu, D. Tags: Drugs: cardiovascular system, Acute coronary syndromes Special populations Source Type: research