Key result
Cigarette smoking and nicotine likely induce cardiac arrhythmia through complex pathophysiological mechanisms including pro-fibrotic effects on myocardial tissue, carbon monoxide, and oxidative stress.
Why the study?
What are the pathophysiological mechanisms by which cigarette smoking induces cardiac arrhythmia?
What are the pathophysiological mechanisms by which cigarette smoking induces cardiac arrhythmia?
This review summarizes the pathophysiological mechanisms, including nicotine's pro-fibrotic effects and oxidative stress, by which cigarette smoking may induce cardiac arrhythmias.
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Smoking's arrhythmic effects remain less defined than its atherosclerotic ones; leaves open need for prospective arrhythmia-focused studies.
D’Alessandro et al. (2011) conducted a review in Cardiac arrhythmia. Cigarette smoking was evaluated. Cigarette smoking and nicotine likely induce cardiac arrhythmia through complex pathophysiological mechanisms including pro-fibrotic effects on myocardial tissue, carbon monoxide, and oxidative stress.
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