环境暴露和儿童心脏病学:美国心脏协会的科学声明
Circulation
|April 15, 2024
概括
环境中有毒物质对心血管健康构成风险, 早期接触污染物与一生中的心脏病有关, 需要更加关注这一关键问题.
科学领域:
- 环境健康
- 心血管科学
- 儿童健康
背景情况:
- 环境毒素和污染物与包括心血管疾病在内的不良健康结果有关.
- 环境恶化带来长期的健康风险,有证据表明早期暴露会导致终身心血管疾病.
- 由于对先天性和获得性心脏病和风险因素的累积影响, 儿童特别容易受到环境毒素的影响.
研究的目的:
- 突出环境暴露与儿童和青少年心血管疾病之间的关联.
- 审查环境因素与儿童心血管疾病相关的具体例子.
- 强调临床医生,研究人员和政策制定者需要更多的关注.
主要方法:
- 本科学声明回顾了有关儿童环境暴露和心血管疾病的现有证据.
- 它侧重于心血管疾病亚型及其环境决定因素的代表性例子.
- 主要例子包括气候变化和先天性心脏病,颗粒物和川崎病,暴露和血压,内分泌干扰物和心脏代谢风险.
主要成果:
- 包括气候变化,空气中的颗粒物,和内分泌干扰化学物质在内的环境暴露与各种儿童心血管疾病有关.
- 早期接触有毒物质可能导致先天性心脏病,心脏病和心血管疾病风险因素的增加.
- 这些暴露对整个生命周期的心血管健康有长期累积的影响.
结论:
- 环境因素对儿童和青少年的心血管健康有重大影响.
- 需要解决环境暴露与儿童心血管疾病之间的联系.
- 临床医生,科学家和政策制定者必须优先研究和干预环境健康和儿童心血管健康.
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