Passive smoking may be associated with bleeding of cerebral arteriovenous malformation in non-smoking women: a retrospective analysis

CONCLUSION: Passive smoking may increase the risk of AVM bleeding in non-smoking women. This increased risk may be related to the inflammatory response, vascular wall damage, hemodynamic disorders, changes in atherosclerosis and changes in gene expression caused by passive smoking.PMID:35946710 | DOI:10.1590/0004-282X-ANP-2021-0216
Source: Atherosclerosis - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research