Cigar smoking has an acute detrimental effect on arterial stiffness

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 299-303

  Vlachopoulos, Charalambos ^a,c   Alexopoulos, Nikolaos ^a   Panagiotakos, Demosthenes ^a   O'Rourke, Michael F ^b   Stefanadis, Christodoulos ^a  

^a HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aorta; Arteries; Cigar; Stiffness; Wave reflection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTERY COMPLIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID ARTERY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AORTIC DISEASES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON MONOXIDE; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIASTOLE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SMOKING; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842562397     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2003.12.014     Document Type: Article

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