Cigarette smoking induces vascular damage and persistent elevation of plasma serotonin unresponsive to 8 weeks of smoking cessation

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 748-749

  Sugiura, Tomonori ^a   Dohi, Yasuaki ^a   Hirowatari, Yuji ^b   Yamashita, Sumiyo ^a   Ohte, Nobuyuki ^a   Kimura, Genjiro ^a   Fujii, Satoshi ^c  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b TOSOH CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cigarette smoking; Endothelial function; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COTININE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPEREMIA; LETTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TONOMETRY; VASODILATATION; BLOOD; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TIME; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; TRENDS;

ADULT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEROTONIN; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893441948     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.09.173     Document Type: Article

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