Pollution from traffic "hinders heart pacing" in recent heart patients

jerry submitted, created time 2 months 1 week (news.bbc.co.uk)

Air pollution from traffic hinders the heart's ability to conduct electrical signals, a study has suggested. Exposure to small particulates - tiny chemicals caused by burning fossil fuels - caused worrying changes on the heart traces of forty-eight heart patients. Doctors are recommending that heart patients avoid driving and stay away from heavy traffic for a few days after surgery, but will that be enough?

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