Abstract

AIR POLLUTION AS A RISK FACTOR FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM

Patel Jeel and Bhatt Parloop*

ABSTRACT

Purpose of Review: Air pollution is a major for the new civilized world, and has a significant Adverse effects on health and the environment. It has lots of different sources of emissions, but the major part of air pollution is through motor vehicles and industrial processes. Six major air pollutants, according to WHO, include particle pollution, ozone, carbon monoxide, oxides of sulfur, oxides of nitrogen, and lead. Recent findings Short - term and long - term exposure of air pollution study clearly show that relatively modest particulate exposures in ambient air are associated with increased cardiovascular disease and mortality due to coronary heart disease and Hypertension. In humans, inhalation of air pollutant reduces the frequency of the heart rate, Variability, causing angina pectoris, unstable angina, increased blood pressure and blood coagulability, and increased atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction and thrombosis. Various compounds and particulate matter (PM) of 2.5μm and 10μm are included in air pollution, with the former size posing the greatest harmful to the humans. on a global scale, 7 million people are killed in 2012 aseffects of air pollution. Air pollution leads to greatamounts of financial burden on the health system. Diameter exposure to PM < 2.5 micro (PM(2.5) may cause cardiovascular mortality and non - fatal events over a period of several hours to weeks; PM(2.5) is considered a adaptable factor contributing to cardiovascular disease, morbidity and mortality.

Keywords: Air pollution, Blood pressure, Cardio-vascular morbidity, Coronary, Artery disease.