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TCT-147 High wattage electronic cigarette vaping after coronary stenting induces arterial hypoxemia: a randomized clinical trial

M. Chaumont, Wael Zaher, Q. de Hemptinne, R. Briki, A. Awada, D. Dolatabadi, Jean-Paul Bar, P. van de Borne et al.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2018

Abstract

Introduction. Propylene glycol (PG) and glycerol (GLY) are the carriers vaporized in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette). Patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) frequently use e-cigarettes as a step to quit tobacco smoking. We demonstrated that e-cigarette vaping induces sustained tissue hypoxia

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