Effects of Electronic Cigarette Exposure on Myocardial Infarction and No-Reflow, and Cardiac Function in a Rat Model

• Main Authors: Wangde Dai MD (Author), Jianru Shi PhD (Author), Prabha Siddarth PhD (Author), Lifu Zhao MD (Author), Juan Carreno DVM (Author), Michael T. Kleinman PhD (Author), David A. Herman PhD (Author), Rebecca J. Arechavala PhD (Author), Samantha Renusch BS (Author), Irene Hasen BS (Author), Amanda Ting BS (Author), Robert A. Kloner MD, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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Purpose: We investigated the effects of exposure to electronic cigarettes (E-cig) vapor on the sizes of the no-reflow and myocardial infarction regions, and cardiovascular function compared to exposure to purified air and standard cigarette smoke. Methods and Results: Sprague Dawley rats (both male...