A new study has found that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates the death of a transplanted heart.
The study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore showed that tobacco smoke leads to accelerated immune system rejection of the transplanted heart, heightened vascular inflammation and increased oxidative stress, and a reduction in the transplanted organ's chance of survival by 33-57 percent.
Coughing Triggered By Irritants Like Air Pollution and Cigarette Smoke
Researchers have found how environmental irritants, such as air pollution and cigarette smoke, trigger coughing.
Researchers have found how environmental irritants, such as air pollution and cigarette smoke, trigger coughing.
"Our research shows that if a heart donor has been a habitual smoker, and you put that heart in a non-smoking recipient, that heart won't work; it will be rejected," says the study's senior author, Mandeep R. Mehra, professor of medicine, head of the Division of Cardiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and chief of cardiology at the University of Maryland Medical Center.
"This study shows beyond a shadow of a doubt how smoking affects transplantation," Mehra added.
Natural Defense Against Harmful Pathogens in Lungs Weakened by Cigarette Smoke
A new study has revealed that exposure to cigarette smoke might weaken immune cells' ability to remove bacterial infections from the lungs
A new study has revealed that exposure to cigarette smoke might weaken immune cells' ability to remove bacterial infections from the lungs
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Prolonged Exposure to Cigarette Smoke can Change the Shape of Heart
University of Illinois at Chicago has shown that prolonged exposure to cigarette can alter the shape of the heart.
University of Illinois at Chicago has shown that prolonged exposure to cigarette can alter the shape of the heart.
Study Finds Air Pollutants Have Damaging Effects Similar to Cigarette Smoke
American scientists have found a new group of air pollutants that could have damaging effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke.
American scientists have found a new group of air pollutants that could have damaging effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke.
