Abstract Background and Aims Air pollutants are important contributors to cardiovascular
diseases, but associations between long-term exposure to air pollutants and the risk of …

ABSTRACT AIMS The aim of our study was to determine a correlation between rates and
number of patients admitted with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (rAAA) in Italian …

Genetic susceptibility is likely to play a role in response to air pollution. Hence, gene-
environment interaction studies can be a tool for exploring the mechanisms and the …

Rationale: Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a complex disease with both genetic and
environmental risk factors. Together, 6 previously identified risk loci only explain a small …

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has a complex pathophysiology, in which both
environmental and genetic factors play important roles, the most important being smoking …

Background Both genetic factors and air pollution are risk factors for coronary artery disease
(CAD), but their combined effects on CAD are uncertain. The study aimed to …

We investigated whether family history (FHx) of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
(ASCVD) was associated with presence of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). The study …

Background and aims No prospective study has investigated whether individuals with
respiratory impairments, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and …

Aims The relationship between the long-term joint exposure to ambient air pollution and
incidence of myocardial infarction (MI) and modification by genetic susceptibility remain …

Atherosclerosis and abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are multifactorial and polygenic
diseases with known environmental and genetic risk factors that contribute toward disease …