2015
Household Air Pollution From Burning Wood Is Associated With Altered Cardiac Hemodynamics And Function Among Women In Western Kenya: Results From The Kenya Hap Echo Study
Kirwa K, Agarwal A, Bloomfield G, Alenezi F, Eliot M, Carter J, Ogaro F, Sherman C, Kimaiyo S, Mitter S, Velazquez E, Menya D, Welllenius G, Vedanthan R. Household Air Pollution From Burning Wood Is Associated With Altered Cardiac Hemodynamics And Function Among Women In Western Kenya: Results From The Kenya Hap Echo Study. ISEE Conference Abstracts 2015, 2015 DOI: 10.1289/isee.2015.2015-2522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRelationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru
Burroughs Peña M, Romero KM, Velazquez EJ, Davila-Roman VG, Gilman RH, Wise RA, Miranda JJ, Checkley W. Relationship Between Daily Exposure to Biomass Fuel Smoke and Blood Pressure in High-Altitude Peru. Hypertension 2015, 65: 1134-1140. PMID: 25753976, PMCID: PMC4466100, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.114.04840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiastolic blood pressureSystolic blood pressureBlood pressureBiomass fuel useHousehold air pollutionVital capacityFuel smokeHigher systolic blood pressurePopulation-based cohort studyDaily exposureHigher diastolic blood pressureBiomass fuel usersBlood pressure outcomesElevated blood pressureHigh blood pressureBiomass fuel smokeMultivariable regression modelsCardiovascular preventionCohort studyLung functionPressure outcomesEffect modificationHigher likelihoodHypertensionFuel users
2012
Conditions That Predispose to Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure in Persons Exposed to Household Air Pollution in LMIC
Bloomfield GS, Lagat DK, Akwanalo OC, Carter EJ, Lugogo N, Vedanthan R, Velazquez EJ, Kimaiyo S, Sherman CB. Conditions That Predispose to Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Heart Failure in Persons Exposed to Household Air Pollution in LMIC. Global Heart 2012, 7: 249-259. PMID: 23687634, PMCID: PMC3653331, DOI: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.06.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRight heart failurePulmonary hypertensionHousehold air pollutionHeart failureMiddle-income countriesAdverse cardiovascular health effectsRight heart functionHealth effectsHuman immunodeficiency virusCardiovascular health effectsPre-existing conditionsCommon comorbiditiesTuberculosis infectionImmunodeficiency virusCommon causeHypertensionCommon conditionRespiratory conditionsHeart functionCommon exposureMultifactorial natureLarge burdenAir pollutionSignificant exposureExposure