Smoking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, disease severity, and mortality among patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections.

Smoking is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular events, disease severity, and mortality among patients hospitalized for SARS-CoV-2 infections.

The clinical sequalae of SARS-CoV-2 infection are in part dependent upon age and pre-existing health conditions. Although the use of tobacco products decreases cardiorespiratory fitness while increasing susceptibility to microbial infections, limited information is available on how smoking affects C...

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Main Authors: Ram Poudel, Lori B Daniels, Andrew P DeFilippis, Naomi M Hamburg, Yosef Khan, Rachel J Keith, Revanthy Sampath Kumar, Andrew C Strokes, Rose Marie Robertson, Aruni Bhatnagar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270763

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270763

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