[Weather change--a cause of myocardial infarction. Barometric pressure over the Arctic region affects the number of sudden cardiac death cases].

Väderförändring--en orsak till hjärtinfarkt. Lufttrycket över Arktis påverkar antalet fall av plötslig hjärtdöd.

Publisher: Sveriges Lakarforbund Country of Publication: Sweden NLM ID: 0027707 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0023-7205 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00237205 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Lakartidningen Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Stockholm : Sveriges Lakarforbund

Climate* ; Meteorological Concepts*; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/*epidemiology ; Myocardial Infarction/*etiology; Adult ; Arctic Regions/epidemiology ; Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology ; Electromagnetic Fields/adverse effects ; Humans ; Humidity ; Middle Aged ; Myocardial Infarction/epidemiology ; Myocardial Infarction/mortality ; Risk Factors ; Sweden/epidemiology ; Temperature

Previous studies have reached different conclusions as to whether geomagnetic activity, or weather and weather changes are related to the risk of having or dying from an acute myocardial infarction (AMI). We linked the Northern Sweden MONICA AMI registry to databases on temperature, barometric pressure, relative humidity, the Arctic Oscillation (AO), and geomagnetic activity and found that a temperature rise increased the number of non-fatal AMIs, an increase in the AO increased fatal as well as non-fatal AMIs, but there was no relation between the geomagnetic activity and AMI incidence or case fatality.

Date Created: 20041016 Date Completed: 20041020 Latest Revision: 20081121

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