Whether heart failure develops and how it progresses depends not only on physical factors, but also on external influences and the duration of exposure, according to scientists at University Medical Center Mainz in collaboration with an international research group. Their systematic review, published in Nature Reviews Cardiology, revealed that both individual risk factors, such as high blood pressure and lack of exercise, and stressful environmental factors, such as poor air quality, noise, and heat, are important starting points for preventing the disease and more effectively reducing the number of people affected.
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