Smoking-associated electrocardiographic abnormalities predict cardiovascular mortality
Abstract Background —Smoking is associated with arrhythmia and sudden cardiac death, but the biological mechanisms remain unclear. In electrocardiogram (ECG) recordings abnormal durations of ventricular repolarization (QT interval), atrial depolarization (P wave), and atrioventricular depolarization...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2024-12-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82503-7 |