Why the study?
Does spontaneous cigarette smoking alter cardiac rate in ambulant subjects?
Population
10 ambulant subjects
Comparison
Spontaneous cigarette smoking vs Periods before and after smoking
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
26 hours total observation
Authors
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No attributable heart rate changes with spontaneous smoking in ambulant subjects; hypothesis-generating and challenges prior reports, warranting prospective confirmation.
Does spontaneous cigarette smoking alter cardiac rate in ambulant subjects?
Spontaneous cigarette smoking in ambulant subjects does not appear to cause acute cardiac rate changes, contrary to previous reports.
C. W. Erwin (1971) studied this question.
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