학술논문
Acute Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure in Male Smokers With Hypertension
Document Type
Author abstract
Source
American Journal of Hypertension. June, 2007, Vol. 20 Issue 6, p637, 5 p.
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0895-7061
Abstract
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjhyper.2006.12.017 Byline: Moo-Yong Rhee (a), Sang-Hoon Na (a), Young-Kwon Kim (a), Myoung-Mook Lee (a), Hae-Young Kim (b) Keywords: Smoking; hypertension; arterial stiffness Abstract: 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 the acute effects of cigarette smoking on arterial stiffness and BP in hypertensive male smokers. Author Affiliation: (a) Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, Dongguk University, Gyeongju, Korea (b) Dental Research Institute, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. Article History: Received 29 August 2006; Revised 2 December 2006; Accepted 24 December 2006