Irreversible effects of long-term chronic smoking on arterial stiffness: An analysis focusing on ex-smokers among otherwise healthy middle-aged men.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study demonstrated impaired arterial elastic properties in long-term ES, suggesting that AS caused by chronic smoking might be irreversible even after smoking cessation. Further longitudinal studies are warranted to determine the impacts of past smoking on AS and its clinical relevance. PMID: 30582369 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30582369?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinical and Experimental Hypertension - December 23, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Kim S, Lee SJ, Kim YH, Kim JS, Lim SY, Kim SH, Ahn JC, Song WH, Jee SH, Park CG Tags: Clin Exp Hypertens Source Type: research