Chronic exposure to electronic cigarettes results in impaired cardiovascular function in mice

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 573-582

  Olfert, I Mark ^a,c   De Vallance, Evan ^a   Hoskinson, Hannah ^a   Branyan, Kayla W ^a   Clayton, Stuart ^a   Pitzer, Christopher R ^a   Sullivan, D Patrick ^a   Breit, Matthew J ^a   Wu, Zhongxin ^a   Klinkhachorn, Powsiri ^b   Mandler, W Kyle ^a   Erdreich, Brett H ^a   Ducatman, Barbara S ^a   Bryner, Randall W ^a   Dasgupta, Piyali ^d   Chantler, Paul D ^a,c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stiffness; Smoking; Transthoracic echocardiography; Vaping; Vascular reactivity

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENT; ANIMAL; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; C57BL MOUSE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; FEMALE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MOUSE; PULSE WAVE; RANDOMIZATION; VAPING;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PULSE WAVE ANALYSIS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; VAPING; VASCULAR STIFFNESS;

EID: 85043324796     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00713.2017     Document Type: Article

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