Simple Strategies to Reduce Cardiac Strain in Older Adults in Extreme Heat

Author: Georgia K. Chaseling, Nicole T. Vargas, Lily Hospers, Hadiatou Barry, Amy Harwood, Connor Graham, Audrey-Ann Bartlett, Amélie Debray, Grant Lynch, Anthony Capon, Craig G. Crandall, Maria Fiatarone Singh, Yorgi Mavros, Peng Bi, Anil Nigam, Malorie Chabot-Blanchet, Daniel Gagnon, Ollie Jay

Published in: The New England Journal of Medicine

In this crossover trial in older adults with or without coronary artery disease, cardiac strain was reduced with fan use, skin wetting, or both in hot and humid conditions but worsened with fan use in very hot and dry conditions.