cardiovascular effects
Circulatory system consequences
Cardiovascular effects are the impacts something has on the heart and blood vessels.
The term appears most often in medical contexts discussing how drugs, conditions, or lifestyle factors influence circulation: The cardiovascular effects of caffeine include increased heart rate and blood pressure.
Side effect warnings commonly list cardiovascular effects like palpitations, hypertension, or arrhythmia.
- heart rateCardiac contractions per minute
- resting heart rateIdle cardiac rhythm
- heart attackBlocked blood to muscle
- blood pressureCirculatory force measurement
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
high cholesterol · beta blockers · chest pain · nicotine · exercise · aerobic exercise · atherosclerosis · coronary artery disease · vasodilators · blood vessel · fight or flight · endocarditis · ischemia · aneurysm · alcohol · cardiomyopathy · thrombosis · blood clot
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
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- air pollutionsmog, air pollution, emissions, air pollutants, pollutants
- tobaccocigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, tobacco, chewing tobacco
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- diabetes drugsmetformin, semaglutide, incretins, Ozempic, diabetes treatment
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