Nature Communications (Oct 2022)

E-cigarettes and their lone constituents induce cardiac arrhythmia and conduction defects in mice

  • Alex P. Carll,
  • Claudia Arab,
  • Renata Salatini,
  • Meredith D. Miles,
  • Matthew A. Nystoriak,
  • Kyle L. Fulghum,
  • Daniel W. Riggs,
  • Gregg A. Shirk,
  • Whitney S. Theis,
  • Nima Talebi,
  • Aruni Bhatnagar,
  • Daniel J. Conklin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33203-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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The use of E-cigarettes has increased despite the unknown long-term effects. Here the authors show that e-cigarette aerosols alter cardiac conduction, repolarization, and autonomic regulation in mice, contingent on the chemical composition of e-liquids and partly through parasympathetic modulation.