Smoking mentholated cigarettes impairs coronary microvascular function as severely as does smoking regular cigarettes

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 135-140

  Ciftci, Ozgur ^a   Topcu, Semra ^a   Caliskan, Mustafa ^a   Gullu, Hakan ^a   Erdogan, Dogan ^a   Yildirim, Erkan ^a   Yildirir, Aylin ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary microvascular function; Diastolic function; Endothelial function; Menthol; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; CIGARETTE SMOKE; MENTHOL; NICOTINE; TAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY FLOW RESERVE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORONARY CIRCULATION; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTHOL; MICROCIRCULATION; NICOTINE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VASOCONSTRICTION;

EID: 42249115256     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.63.2.2029518     Document Type: Article

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