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- Title
Direct and acute cardiotoxicity of ultrafine particles in young adult and old rat hearts.
- Authors
Simkhovich, Boris Z; Marjoram, Paul; Kleinman, Michael T; Kloner, Robert A
- Abstract
Air pollution is associated with significant increases in cardiac morbidity and mortality in the general population. The elderly cohort within the general population is considered at high risk for cardiac diseases. However the degree to which air pollutants affect cardiac responses in old hearts vs. their young adult counterparts has not been systematically addressed.
- Publication
Basic research in cardiology, 2007, Vol 102, Issue 6, p467
- ISSN
1435-1803
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00395-007-0681-0