Smoking one cigarette, whether by a smoker or nonsmoker, causes an acute increase in arterial stiffness, results of a study published in the January issue of Hypertension indicate.
“The brachial artery pressure waveform is abnormal in smokers, but the effect of smoking on the aortic pressure waveform in both smokers and nonsmokers, particularly in the younger population, is unknown,” Dr. John Feely and Dr. Azra Mahmud from St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, note.
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