Why the study?
Does acute cigarette smoking increase platelet-dependent thrombin generation in smokers?
Population
19 subjects (10 smokers and 9 non-smokers)
Comparison
Smoking two cigarettes containing 0.9 mg of… vs Non-smokers and pre-smoking levels
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 minutes after smoking
Authors
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Acute smoking may transiently heighten thrombotic risk; hypothesis-generating for mechanisms linking smoking to events.
Does acute cigarette smoking increase platelet-dependent thrombin generation in smokers?
Acute cigarette smoking induces a transient prothrombotic state by significantly increasing platelet-dependent thrombin generation.
Hiroyuki Hioki (2001) studied this question.
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