E-cigarettes – lesser evil?

[Complications of endomyocardial biopsy after heart transplantation: a lesser evil].

Endomyocardial biopsy is still the principal method for diagnosing cardiac allograft rejection. However, this procedure can be associated, albeit rarely, with potentially serious complications. We describe the case of a patient with extensive anterior myocardial infarction without revascularization, who developed cardiogenic shock and required heart transplantation. Post-transplantation, a coro...

E-Cigarettes

E-Cigarettes: A Scientific Review Print ISSN: 0009-7322. Online ISSN: 1524-4539 Copyright © 2014 American Heart Association, Inc. All rights reserved. is published by the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 Circulation doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.007667 2014;129:1972-1986 Circulation. http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/129/19/1972 World Wide Web at: The onl...

What about E-cigarettes?

T his issue of Pediatric Annals includes a series of fascinating pe-diatric cases that are very educational. As noted by Stan L. Block, MD, FAAP, this is his last " Healthy Baby " column—at least for a while. Stan, the self-styled small town " country doctor, " has done a fabulous job of writing a column each month on a topic relevant to general pediatrics. We are greatly indebted to his outsta...

E-cigarettes: promise or peril?

Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are battery-operated devices that produce a vapour consisting of nicotine (although some are nicotine-free), propylene glycol or glycerol, and flavourings. E-cigarettes were invented in 2003 in China and entered the United States and European markets in 2006 [1]. Hence, it is obvious that no observational data on the long-term health effects of e-cigarettes ...

E-cigarettes, vaping, and youth.