While the precise influence of air pollution will not be clear, some proof means that it causes oxidative stress and inflammation, which may consequently have an effect on the guts’s electrical exercise.

Dr Chen added: "Some evidence has indicated that air pollution alters cardiac electrophysiological activities by inducing oxidative stress and systemic inflammation, affecting membrane channels as well as impairing autonomic nervous function.

“Although the exact mechanisms are not yet fully understood, the association between air pollution and acute onset of arrhythmia that we observed is biologically plausible.

"Our research highlights the significance of decreasing publicity to air air pollution."