EFFECT OF CIGARETTE SMOKING ON THE FREQUENCY OF VENTRICULAR PREMATURE COMPLEXES IN NORMAL SUBJECTS |
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| Authors: | R G Pestell R R Taylor |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Cardiology Royal Perth Hospital Western Australia. |
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| Abstract: | 1. Ambulatory ECG monitoring was undertaken in healthy cigarette smokers (33) and non-smokers (20) of similar age (21-66 years). 2. The frequency of ventricular premature complexes (VPC) was less in habitual smokers (P less than 0.05; Mann-Whitney rank test) and an average of more than 1 VPC per hour occurred in a higher proportion of non-smokers than smokers: eight of 20 (40%) vs two of 33 (6%) (P less than 0.01; Chi-square test). |
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| Keywords: | ambulatory monitoring smoking ventricular premature complexes |
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