Association of smoking and right ventricular function in middle age: CARDIA study.

Henrique Turin MoreiraAnderson C ArmstrongChike C NwabuoHenrique D VasconcellosAndre SchmidtRavi K SharmaBharath Ambale-VenkateshMohammad R OstovanehCatarina I KiefeCora E LewisPamela J SchreinerStephen SidneyKofo O OgunyankinSamuel S GiddingJoao A C Lima

Published in: Open heart (2020)

In a large multicenter community-based biracial cohort of middle-aged individuals, smoking was independently related to both worse RV systolic and diastolic functions.

Keyphrases

middle aged
blood pressure
left ventricular
smoking cessation
mycobacterium tuberculosis
heart failure
cross sectional
ejection fraction