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Acute (but not chronic) smoking paradoxically protects the endothelium from ischemia and reperfusion: insight into the “smoking paradox”

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  1. Department of Internal, Cardiovascular and Geriatric Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy

    Monica Lisi, Saverio Dragoni & Maria Cristina Leone

  2. Medizinische Klinik, Medical Clinic of Cardiology and Angiology, Medical Center of the University of Mainz, Langenbeckstrasse 1, 55131, Mainz, Germany

    Thomas Münzel & Tommaso Gori

  3. Department of Cardiology, Mount Sinai and University Health Network Hospitals, Toronto, Canada

    John D. Parker

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Lisi, M., Dragoni, S., Leone, M.C. et al. Acute (but not chronic) smoking paradoxically protects the endothelium from ischemia and reperfusion: insight into the “smoking paradox”. Clin Res Cardiol 102, 387–389 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-013-0540-y

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