SMOKING AND THE PERICARDIUM
It is observed by the latest research that heavy smoking thicken the wall of the heart, the pericardium, and makes it difficult to pump the blood.
The study was published in the journal Circulation.
Smoking is the major cause of many complications in cardiovascular, pulmonary, and other regions of the body.
It has been established that smoking tobacco leads to an increased risk of heart failure even in a healthy individual.
But the mechanism by which the tobacco smoking damages the heart is not clearly established.
