Smoking effects on cardiac performance were quantitatively assessed in patients with coronary arterial disease using frequent cardiac output measurements, though no results are provided in the abstract.
Observational
Does smoking acutely affect cardiac performance in patients with coronary arterial disease?
The study aims to quantitatively assess the acute effects of smoking on cardiac performance in patients with coronary artery disease.
It is common practice among physicians to urge patients with ischvmic heart disease to abstain from the use of tobacco. The exact scientific evidence on which this advice is based is not always clear although some papers offer suggestive evidence that smoking impairs the performance of the heart already damaged by disease of the coronary arteries (Pickering and Sanderson, 1945; Davis et al., 1956). With the development of a method to make frequent measurements of the cardiac output without discomfort or risk to the patient (Gabe, Tuckman, and Shillingford, 1962), it has been possible to make a quantitative assessment of cardiac performance before, during, and after smoking.
Pentecost et al. (Fri,) conducted a observational in Coronary arterial disease. Smoking vs. Before and after smoking was evaluated on Cardiac performance (cardiac output). Smoking effects on cardiac performance were quantitatively assessed in patients with coronary arterial disease using frequent cardiac output measurements, though no results are provided in the abstract.