Effects of chronic cigarette smoking on myocardial deformation parameters by two‐dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography.
Background: Cigarette smoking causes myocardial damage with several mechanisms such as sympathetic nervous system activation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction. Chronic smokers have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality associated with cardiac events. We aimed to compare the myoca...
| Publicado en: | Echocardiography Vol. 36; no. 11; pp. 2026 - 2033 |
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| Autores principales: | , , , , , , , , |
| Formato: | diagnostic images research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Nov2019
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| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |