Acute effects of cigarette smoking on arterial stiffness and blood pressure in male smokers with hypertension.

Rhee, Moo-Yong; Na, Sang-Hoon; Kim, Young-Kwon; Lee, Myoung-Mook; Kim, Hae-Young

doi:10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.12.017

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Acute effects of cigarette smoking on arterial stiffness and blood pressure in male smokers with hypertension.

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Moo-Yong Rhee

Sang-Hoon Na

Young-Kwon Kim

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Although the acute increase of arterial stiffness and blood pressure (BP) after cigarette smoking in healthy smokers is considered a possible mechanism of increased cardiovascular risk, the acute effect of smoking on arterial stiffness in hypertensive smokers is unknown. We investigated ...

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