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Cardiovascular risks of climate change

Nature Reviews Cardiology volume 18, pages 1–2 (2021)Cite this article

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Extreme heat events are now more frequent in many parts of the world as a result of climate change. The combined effects of heat, air pollution, individual age, and socioeconomic and health status are responsible for avoidable acute events of cardiovascular disease and need to be considered in order to prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases effectively.

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Fig. 1: Factors contributing to the cardiovascular risks of climate change.

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We thank M. Dallavalle (Helmholtz Center Munich, Germany) for help with designing the figure before submission and K. Chen (Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA) for discussions on the topic. This work was supported by the HERA project (No. 825417) and the Exhaustion project (No. 820655) funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 Program and the HI-CAM project funded by the Helmholtz Association.

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  1. Helmholtz Center Munich - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

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  2. Ludwig-Maximillians-Universität, Munich, Germany

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  3. Munich Heart Alliance, German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK e.V.), Munich, Germany

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  4. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health, Boston, MA, USA

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Peters, A., Schneider, A. Cardiovascular risks of climate change. Nat Rev Cardiol 18, 1–2 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-020-00473-5

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