Cigarette smoking is associated with an acute impairment of microvascular function in humans

Clinical Science

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 247-252

  Ijzerman, Richard G ^a,b   Serne, Erik H ^a   Van Weissenbruch, Mirjam H ^b   De Jongh, Renate T ^a   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Endothelium; Iontophoresis; Laser Doppler; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; INSULIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEREMIA; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; IONTOPHORESIS; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASODILATATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAPILLARIES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; IONTOPHORESIS; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; SKIN; SMOKING; VASODILATION; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 0037336539     PISSN: 01435221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/CS20020318     Document Type: Article

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