In an unprecedented collaboration, the European Society of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the World Heart Federation have issued a joint statement calling for immediate action against environmental stressors – pollution, noise, climate stress – to reduce cardiovascular mortality.
The article, which was published simultaneously in the European Heart Journal and other leading publications, warns that we must address climate change and pollution in order to combat the leading cause of death worldwide: cardiovascular disease (CVD).
