What Health Care Providers Should  Know About
      Particle Pollution and Cardiovascular Risk
                        Research
                      shows...
               • Particle
             pollution can trigger
            heart attacks, stroke,
          irregular heart rhythms
         and cause other serious
        heart problems at any
       time of the year.

     • An estimated 130,000
     premature deaths and
    180,000 non-fatal
    heart attacks occur in
    the U.S. each year due
    to particle pollution.t

    • 92% of cardiac patients are
    not informed of health risks
    related to air pollution.*
                                        Help
                                   your patients
                                  understand risks
                                   from air pollution
                                          and how to
                                          reduce them.

                                          • Use the daily air
                                          quality forecast on
                                             AirNow.gov and
                                           on weather reports

                                               Read the "Heart
                                                 Disease, Stroke,
                                                   and Outdoor
                                                   Air Pollution"
                                                    handout at:

                                               bitly/airnow-heart

                                   Learn more at:  AirNow.gov and
                                          bitly/EPAhealthyheart
&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
                    Contact: Dr. Wayne Cascio
               EPA Environmental Public Health Division
                 919-966-0617 cascio.wayne@epa.gov

  t Fann, Neal, et al. "Estimating the national public health burden associated with
     exposure to ambient PM2. 5 and ozone." Risk analysis 32.1 (2012): 81-95.
* Nowka, Matthew R., et al. "Patient awareness of the risks for heart disease posed by
       air pollution." Progress in cardiovascular diseases 53.5 (2011): 379-384.

                     EPA/601/F-15/003 September 2015

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