Does Pneumoconiosis Affect the Heart?

Complications associated with pneumoconiosis are coughing, breathlessness, and progression to and death from right-sided heart failure. Increased incidences of specific acute cardiovascular outcomes, including heart failure, have been reported to occur after as little as 1 to 2 hours of increased PM concentration.

What organ is affected by pneumoconiosis?

Pneumoconiosis is one of a group of interstitial lung disease caused by breathing in certain kinds of dust particles that damage your lungs. Because you are likely to encounter these dusts only in the workplace, pneumoconiosis is called an occupational lung disease.

Can black lung cause heart problems?

Black lung leads to poor health, permanent disability, and death. Because black lung damages the lungs, it causes the heart to work much harder. As a result, a miner with black lung may die from respiratory failure or heart failure.