Contribution of nicotine to acute endothelial dysfunction in long-term smokers
Thomas Neunteufl, MD*,*,
Sandra Heher, MD*,
Karam Kostner, MD*,
Goran Mitulovic, PhD ,
Stephan Lehr ,
Gholamali Khoschsorur, PhD ,
Rainer W. Schmid, PhD ,
Gerald Maurer, MD, FACC* and
Thomas Stefenelli, MD, FACC*
* Department of Cardiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Clinical Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Institute for Medical Statistics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

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Figure 1 Flow-mediated dilation (FMD) values before and after the administration of nicotine nasal spray (1-mg nicotine) and smoking a cigarette (1-mg nicotine, 12-mg tar), respectively.
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