Electronic cigarette smoking increases aortic stiffness in young smokers

Purpose/Background/Objectives: Smoking increases aortic stiffness which is an important predictor of cardiovascular risk. Electronic cigarettes (EC) simulate tobacco cigarette (TC) and have been advocated as a less harmful alternative. We investigated the acute effect of EC smoking on aortic stiffness compared to the effect of TC smoking.

Source: Artery Research - November 25, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dimitrios Terentes-Printzios, Charalambos Vlachopoulos, Nikolaos Ioakeimidis, Mahmud Abdelrasoul, Christos Georgakopoulos, Panagiota Pietri, Christodoulos Stefanadis, Dimitrios Tousoulis Source Type: research