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Long Observation Window Reveals the Relationship Between the Local Earth Magnetic Field and Acute Myocardial Infarction

    • Published: 2023
    • Naseha Wafa Qammar1, Darius Petronaitis 2, Arvydas Jokimaitis2, Minvydas Ragulskis1, Vilmantas Smalinskas3, Greta Žiubrytė3, Gediminas Jaruševičius3, Alfonsas Vainoras3,4, and Rollin McCraty5
    • Atmosphere 2023, 14(8), 1234. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos14081234.1. Department of Mathematical Modelling, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.2. Department of Applied Mathematics, Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.3. Department of Cardiology, Hospital of Lithuanian, University of Health Sciences Kaunas Clinics, Kaunas, Lithuania.4. Cardiology Institute, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.5. HeartMath Institute, Boulder Creek, CA, USA.
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Abstract

A substantial body of research has demonstrated the relationships between cardiac arrhythmias and geomagnetic activity. In this work, the idea is centered on finding the relationship between the local magnetic field (LMF) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI). It is hypothesized and demonstrated via a series of statistical analyses that the relationship between the LMF and AMI is maintained over long-term observation windows. The data are collected from the two hospitals and one public institute of health in Lithuania from 2014 till 2019. The data are categorized into (1) daily average of the Schumann resonance for the local magnetic field measured by the Lithuanian magnetometer, which is used as the input variable; and (2) the total number of patients hospitalized in Lithuania per day with the diagnosis of AMI (the output variable). The data are classified both weekly as well as by gender. Following the data categorization and classification, the data were subjected to rigorous statistical analysis to determine the relationship between the input and output variables. This paper shows that only the beta and gamma (S-beta, S-gamma) frequency ranges of the Schumann resonances contribute to maintaining the long-term relationship between the LMF and AMI.