Echocardiographic consequences of smoking status in middle-aged subjects.

Morten KraenSophia FrantzUlf NihlénGunnar EngströmClaes-Göran LöfdahlPer WollmerMagnus Dencker

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2016)

We conclude that currents smokers without known cardiac disease or significant chronic obstructive lung disease show signs of slightly altered hemodynamics.

Keyphrases

middle aged
smoking cessation
left ventricular
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
left atrial
heart failure
ejection fraction