Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
9153184 American Heart Journal 2005 7 Pages PDF
Abstract
The “smoker's paradox” extends to patients undergoing primary PCI for AMI, with increased survival seen in current smokers, an effect entirely explained by differences in baseline risk and not smoking status per se. The deleterious effects of smoking are expressed in the occurrence of AMI nearly a decade earlier than in nonsmokers, with similar age-adjusted risk, mandating intensive primary and secondary cigarette-cessation efforts.
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