For example, many heart attack patients have undergone thrombolysis, a procedure that involves injecting a clot-dissolving agent to restore blood flow in a coronary artery (View an illustration of coronary arteries). This procedure is administered within a few (usually three) hours of a heart attack.
Hon Lik invented the e-cigarette to quit smoking â but now he's a dual user. Hon Lik, inventor of the e-cigarette, uses one of the devices in London on Tuesday. Hon Lik, the inventor of the e-cigarette, had hoped to kick his heavy smoking â the habit that killed his father. But the pharmacist, from Shenyang in north-east China, did not manage to quit. He now uses both â but says he only smokes tobacco because he has to check the flavours in his devices.
The e-cigarrette is not a tobacco product but a nicotine delivery system. The e-cigarette turns the nicotine and other chmicals into a vapor that is then inhaled by the user. The user will puff on it, similar to a cigarette, and receive a vaporized solution of propylene glycol/nicotine. There is no tobacco or burning of tobacco involved and the e-cigarette produces no smoke.