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World J Cardiol. Mar 26, 2013; 5(3): 49-53
Published online Mar 26, 2013. doi: 10.4330/wjc.v5.i3.49
Air pollution and heart failure: Relationship with the ejection fraction
Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Javier Abreu-Afonso, Sergio Rodríguez, Ruben A Juarez-Prera, Eduardo Arroyo-Ucar, Yenny Gonzalez, Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez, Pablo Avanzas
Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Ruben A Juarez-Prera, Eduardo Arroyo-Ucar, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, E-38320 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Universidad Europea de Canarias, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, E-38300 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, Instituto Universitario de Tecnologías Biomédicas, E-38320 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Javier Abreu-Afonso, Department of Applied Physics, Universidad de Valencia, E-46900 Valencia, Spain
Sergio Rodríguez, Yenny Gonzalez, Center for Atmospheric Research Izaña, AEMET-CSIC, E-38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Pedro Abreu-Gonzalez, Department of Physiology, Universidad de la Laguna, E-38320 Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Pablo Avanzas, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, E-33006 Oviedo, Spain
Author contributions: Dominguez-Rodriguez A and Rodríguez S had contributed to the conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting and final approval of the manuscript submitted; Abreu-Afonso J, Jaurez-Prera RA, Arroyo-Ucar E and Gonzalez Y had contributed to the analysis and interpretation of data, drafting and final approval of the manuscript submitted; Abreu-Gonzalez P and Avanzas P had contributed to the drafting of the manuscript, revising it critically for important intellectual content and final approval of the manuscript submitted.
Supported by The framework of one research projects funded by the Spanish Society of Cardiology (Daiichi-Sankyo project 2011)
Correspondence to: Alberto Dominguez-Rodriguez, MD, PhD, FESC, Department of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Ofra s/n La Cuesta, E-38320 La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain. adrvdg@hotmail.com
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Received: December 4, 2012
Revised: December 7, 2012
Accepted: January 17, 2013
Published online: March 26, 2013
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