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New York, Oct. 26 (IANS): A new US study involving an Indian-origin researcher has found that exposure to e-cigarette aerosols can cause heart arrhythmias in animal models — both in the form of premature and skipped heart beats. The study from University of Louisville researchers in the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, published in Nature Communications, suggest exposure to specific chemicals within e-cigarette liquids (e-liquids) promote arrhythmias and cardiac electrical dysfunction. “Our findings demonstrate that short-term exposure to e-cigarettes can destabilise heart rhythm through specific chemicals within e-liquids,” said Alex Carll, assistant professor who led the study. These findings suggest that e-cigarette use involving certain flavours or solvent vehicles may disrupt the heart’s electrical conduction and provoke arrhythmias. “These effects could increase the risk for atrial or ventricular fibrillation and sudden cardiac arrest,”
FRIDAY, Oct. 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) In another strike against electronic cigarettes, a new mouse study has found that they can cause an irregular heartbeat, also called a cardiac
These findings suggest that e-cigarette use involving certain flavours or solvent vehicles may disrupt the heart's electrical conduction and provoke arrhythmias.