Background Smoking increases plasma nicotine. Nicotine releases catecholamines and
alters arterial distensibility. The nicotine intake per cigarette is greater and serum cotinine …

The brachial artery pressure waveform is abnormal in smokers, but the effect of smoking on
the aortic pressure waveform in both smokers and nonsmokers, particularly in the younger …

Cigarette smoking is an important modifiable cardiovascular risk factor and
pathophysiological mechanisms may include a stiff vascular tree. Although smokers have …

Objectives. Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is an indicator of arterial stiffness, especially in the
aorta, and a marker for vascular damage. Smoking is reported to increase arterial stiffness …

Background We evaluated the effects of smoking and smoking cessation on aortic wave
reflections (augmentation index), aortic pulse wave velocity, and carotid artery distensibility …

Background: Although the acute increase of arterial stiffness and blood pressure (BP) after
cigarette smoking in healthy smokers is considered a possible mechanism of increased …

BACKGROUND Though smoking is strongly associated with peripheral vascular disease
and arteriosclerosis, smoking's association with arterial stiffness has been inconsistent and …

Background Cigarette smoking is a threat to global human health and a leading cause of the
cardiovascular disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality. Importantly, sex-specific differences …

SUMMARY 1 Recently, we have demonstrated that cigarette smoke exposure proportionally
increases plasma nicotine levels and arterial wave reflection to the aorta. However, the …

The largest percentage of mortality from tobacco smoking is cardiovascular‐related. It is not
known whether regular participation in exercise mitigates the adverse influence of smoking …