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  • Cardiovascular medicine
  • Public health

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  • Environmental factors significantly contribute to cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden.
  • Growing evidence links various environmental exposures to adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

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  • To establish a framework for assessing cardiovascular risk associated with environmental pollutants.
  • To raise awareness of risks from environmental factors and outline intervention strategies.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing scientific literature on environmental exposures and cardiovascular health.
  • Consideration of the exposome paradigm to encompass total environmental impact.
  • Exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) for integrated risk analysis.

Main Results:

  • Established links between environmental exposures (air pollution, noise, light, built environment, temperature) and cardiovascular outcomes.
  • Environmental exposures represent a significant portion of modifiable residual cardiovascular risk.
  • Risk can be reduced through policy interventions and individual actions.

Conclusions:

  • Environmental factors are critical, modifiable determinants of cardiovascular health.
  • Policy-level interventions and AI-driven approaches are key to mitigating environmental cardiovascular risk.
  • Integrated risk assessment and targeted interventions can improve cardiovascular outcomes.