The cardiovascular effects of electronic cigarettes: A systematic review of experimental studies

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue , 2019, Pages

  Kennedy, Ciaran D ^a   van Schalkwyk, May C I ^a   McKee, Martin ^a   Pisinger, Charlotta ^b,c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c The Danish National Foundation Research Center for Heart Arrhythmia   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL OUTCOME; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PEOPLE BY SMOKING STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE ACTIVATION; THROMBOCYTE FUNCTION; THROMBOSIS; VAPING; ADVERSE EVENT; ANIMAL; ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE; HEALTH SURVEY; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH; SMOKING;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESEARCH; SMOKING; VAPING;

EID: 85071719347     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2019.105770     Document Type: Review

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