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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Main Authors: Affan Irfan, Daniel W. Riggs, George A. Koromia, Hong Gao, Andrew Paul DeFilippis, Elsayed Z. Soliman, Aruni Bhatnagar, Alex P. Carll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-82503-7