LSU Health study suggests nicotine exposure alone leads to pulmonary hypertension

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/lsuh-lhs050120.php

News Release 1-May-2020
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center


New Orleans, LA - A study conducted by a team of researchers at LSU Health New Orleans has shown for the first time that chronic exposure to inhaled nicotine alone increases blood pressure (hypertension), in both the body's general circulation and in the lungs that can lead to pulmonary hypertension. The study also found that nicotine-induced pulmonary hypertension is accompanied by changes in the size, shape and function (remodeling) of the blood vessels in the lung and the right lower chamber of the heart. Results are published in the May 2020 issue of Hypertension

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