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PARTICLE AND FIBRE TOXICOLOGY
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1743-8977-6-7
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- British Heart Foundation [PG/04/131, PG/05/003]
- National Health Service Research and Development Fund
- Swedish Heart-Lung Foundation
- Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences, and Spatial Planning (FORMAS)
- Front Research
- County Council of Vasterbotten
- Swedish National Air Pollution Programme
Introduction: Exposure to air pollution is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity, although the underlying mechanisms are unclear. Vascular dysfunction reduces arterial compliance and increases central arterial pressure and left ventricular after-load. We determined the effect of diesel exhaust exposure on arterial compliance using a validated non-invasive measure of arterial stiffness. Methods: In a double-blind randomized fashion, 12 healthy volunteers were exposed to diesel exhaust (approximately 350 mu g/m(3)) or filtered air for one hour during moderate exercise. Arterial stiffness was measured using applanation tonometry at the radial artery for pulse wave analysis (PWA), as well as at the femoral and carotid arteries for pulse wave velocity (PWV). PWA was performed 10, 20 and 30 min, and carotid-femoral PWV 40 min, post-exposure. Augmentation pressure (AP), augmentation index (AIx) and time to wave reflection (Tr) were calculated. Results: Blood pressure, AP and AIx were generally low reflecting compliant arteries. In comparison to filtered air, diesel exhaust exposure induced an increase in AP of 2.5 mmHg (p = 0.02) and in AIx of 7.8% (p = 0.01), along with a 16 ms reduction in Tr (p = 0.03), 10 minutes post-exposure. Conclusion: Acute exposure to diesel exhaust is associated with an immediate and transient increase in arterial stiffness. This may, in part, explain the increased risk for cardiovascular disease associated with air pollution exposure. If our findings are confirmed in larger cohorts of susceptible populations, this simple non-invasive method of assessing arterial stiffness may become a useful technique in measuring the impact of real world exposures to combustion derived-air pollution.
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