Pulmonary heart disease but not pulmonary embolism admissions peaked at physiologically equivalent temperature 0°C in Germany in 2009-2011

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):584-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.152. Epub 2014 Sep 2.

Authors

Ivy Shiue¹, David R Perkins², Nick Bearman³

Affiliations

¹ School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, UK. Electronic address: i.shiue@hw.ac.uk.
² Department of Geography, University of NC at Greensboro, USA.
³ Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Liverpool, UK.

PMID: 25205482
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.08.152

No abstract available

Keywords: Biometeorology; Hospital admission; Pulmonary embolism; Pulmonary heart disease; Risk factor; Weather.

Publication types

Letter
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Cold Temperature / adverse effects*
Germany / epidemiology
Humans
Patient Admission / trends*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology*
Pulmonary Heart Disease / diagnosis*
Pulmonary Heart Disease / epidemiology*
Temperature