Химия в интересах устойчивого развития 24 (2016) 549553 UDC 616.127-005.8+504.3.054 DOI: 10.15372/KhUR20160415 Relationship between Air Pollutants and Acute Myocardial Infarction in a Large Industrial Region O. M. POLIKUTINA1, Y. S. SLEPYNINA1, E. D. BAZDYREV1 and O. L. BARBARASH1,2 1Research Institute for Complex Issues of Cardiovascular Diseases, Kemerovo, Russia E-mail: ompol@rambler.ru 2Kemerovo State Medical Academy, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Kemerovo, Russia Abstract Associations between the increase in the number of hospitalizations for primary myocardial infarction and increased levels of oxide and nitrogen dioxide in the winter period compared to the summer period were revealed. <...> It was found that during the entire observation period the increase in the concentration of nitrogen oxide in 10 % of the MPC increases the number of hospital admissions for MI by 1.4 cases and excess concentration of nitrogen dioxide by 0.9 cases. <...> In winter period the excess of the average concentration of nitrogen oxide by 10 % of the MPC was associated with an increase in the number of hospitalizations by 2.9 cases. <...> Thus, there is a relationship between the frequency of hospitalizations of patients with primary myocardial infarction and environmental pollution (the increase of the concentrations of oxide and nitrogen dioxide, phenol in the air). <...> Key words: myocardial infarction, air pollution, cardiovascular disease 549 INTRODUCTION The problem of air pollution with various pollutants is becoming more relevant all over the world [1]. <...> Major epidemiological studies show that inhalations of particulate matters are triggers of the development of acute cardiovascular events [2]. <...> According to the data of the American Heart Association, exposure to increased levels of air pollutants for several hours a week increases cardiovascular-related death rate, and the number of nonfatal cardiovascular events. <...> This interconnection is especially clearly seen at coronary artery disease (CAD), including hospital admission and mortality rate due to myocardial infarction (MI) [13]. <...> The study objective was to examine the relationship between hospital admissions for acute myocardial infarction and environmental pollution in a large industrialised Siberian region (Kemerovo city). <...> MATERIALS AND METHODS The main indicators of environmental pollution (Table 1) in Kemerovo and number of MI admissions in the Kemerovo Cardiology Center (Table 2) were assessed for the period between December, 2010 <...>