Combined acute effects of red wine consumption and cigarette smoking on haemodynamics of young smokers

Abstract

Antioxidant substances in red wine counteracted the smoking-induced increase in peripheral systolic blood pressure. Both alcohol and antioxidants in red wine decrease wave reflections in uncomplicated habitual smokers postprandially, indicating an additional favourable effect of red wine.

Central blood pressures: do we need them in the management of cardiovascular disease? Is it a feasible therapeutic target?

“…Studies investigating the actions of caffeine and red wine on arterial haemodynamics have revealed more pronounced changes in central BP than in brachial BP, mainly as a result of alterations in pressure wave reflections [80][81][82].…”

Acute combined effects of olive oil and wine on pressure wave reflections: another beneficial influence of the Mediterranean diet antioxidants?

“…The acute beneficial effect of red wine on blood pressures and wave reflections, postprandially, has also been reported in patients with coronary artery disease [11]. Moreover, the antioxidant capacity of red wine has been shown to counteract the unfavourable cardiovascular effects of smoking, by acutely decreasing wave reflections and blood pressure during cigarette smoking by young healthy smokers [12]. The chronic beneficial effects of wine consumption on blood pressure and wave reflections have also been documented, indicating that a U-shape relationship exists.…”

Antihypertensive Role of Polyphenols

“…Furthermore, Alsace, a white wine-drinking region of France, has a much higher mortality (about 50% higher) than red wine-drinking Mediterranean areas [141], though having a lower mean serum cholesterol level [142]. In addition, several studies show cardiovascular protection induced by red wine but less by white wine [140,143,144], likely because the skins, seeds, and stems of grape are present during the fermentation of red wine but not white wine [145].…”