The local earth magnetic field changes impact on weekly hospitalization due to unstable angina pectoris

Abstract

Abstract.Objectives: Acute coronary syndrome as an acute oxygenated blood deprivation to the heart muscle due to atherosclerotic plaque rupture in the coronary artery followed by thrombosis is possibly associated with changes in the Earth's local time varying magnetic field as they strongly influence hormonal and other regulatory systems' activity. This study analyses the correlation between prevalence of the acute coronary syndrome and the changes in the local time varying aspects of the magnetic field. Methods: Seven-hundred patients admitted to Cardiology Department of Hospital of Lithuanian University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics within 2016 due to acute coronary syndrome were retrospectively included into the study. The number of cases per week was compared with the weekly changes of the local Earth magnetic field. The one-year period was divided into two periods: the first-half of the year (weeks 1 to 26) and the second-half of the year (weeks 27 to 52) and more detailed analyses were performed accordingly to the significance of the left main artery lesion. Mean power of local magnetic field fluctuations in Lithuania, measured in pT2 in five different frequency ranges where overlaps between the Schumann resonance and EEG frequency ranges (named as SDelta (0-3.5 Hz), STheta (3.5-7 Hz), SAlpha (7-15 Hz), SBeta (15-32 Hz) and SGamma (32-66 Hz) to distinguish them from the EEG bands). Results: Statistically significant weak and moderate correlations between weekly prevalence of acute coronary syndrome admissions and the magnetic field intensities changes were found. Higher intensities in the SBeta and SGamma ranges were associated with a higher number of admissions throughout the year in females and the SGamma range was associated with higher number of admission only during the second-half of the year in males. A higher intensity magnetic field in SDelta, STheta, SAlpha and SBeta ranges was associated with a higher admissions number due to left main artery lesions in males, while a higher intensity in the SGamma range was associated with higher number of admissions due to left main artery lesions in females through the year. Conclusion: Significant correlation between acute coronary syndrome and changes in the local Earth time varying magnetic field intensities was found. Some frequency ranges are associated with an episode of an acute coronary syndrome. Left main artery lesions significantly correlated with magnetic field changes in most of the frequency ranges in males while only one of the frequency ranges in females.

Correlations between acute atrial fibrillation and local earth magnetic field strength

“…Not surprisingly, AFib dependency with thyroid dysfunction has been proved by Selmer et al, [10]. Human hormonal variability in accordance to changes in TVMF has been reported in recent study [11]. Even more, it was stated that hormonal activity diverges in the different halves of the year.…”

“…TVMF is constantly changing with its lowest point in winter and slowly increase since spring till it reaches the peak in the middle-end of summer [11]. TVMF strength abruptly decreases in the autumn and reaches its lowest point at the middle of winter [11].…”

“…Even more, it was stated that hormonal activity diverges in the different halves of the year. It is interesting that in the first half of the year when the TVMF is weaker, thyroid produces more hormones and vice versa in the second half of the year [11]. Nevertheless, in some cases the cause of AFib remains unclear as it occurs in patients with normal size of heart chambers, normal thyroid function and with any or minor serum electrolytes disbalances.…”

“…There is strong evidence of extracted animal cells' sensitivity to changes in TVMF frequency and strength [11][12][13][14]. Even more, TVMF regulatory effect, which is expected to be related to ion cyclotron resonance mechanism [11,13] have been proven on extracted myocardial cells under laboratory conditions [11,15]. Accurate prevalence of human sensitivity to TVMF changes is unknown, but it is possible that one of five -ten people in general population may be sensitive to TVMF fluctuations and develop various signs and symptoms [16].…”

“…TVMF in different frequency intervals has different effects on humans. It is proposed that low frequencies have positive, while high frequencies have negative effects on human regulatory systems [11]. Despite that, both low and high frequency intervals might be associated with both positive and negative effect on human health [23][24][25].…”