In-hospital mortality of habitual cigarette smokers after acute myocardial infarction. The 'smoker's paradox' in a countrywide study | Zendy

George Andrikopoulos | Zendy

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In-hospital mortality of habitual cigarette smokers after acute myocardial infarction. The 'smoker's paradox' in a countrywide study

Author(s) -

George Andrikopoulos

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

european heart journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.336

H-Index - 293

eISSN - 1522-9645

pISSN - 0195-668X

DOI - 10.1053/euhj.2000.2315

Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , diabetes mellitus , multivariate analysis , univariate analysis , population , infarction , cardiology , environmental health , endocrinology

Habitual cigarette smokers, paradoxically, present improved short-term prognosis after acute myocardial infarction, a phenomenon often termed "smoker's paradox". We sought to examine cigarette smokers' post-infarction survival advantage in a countrywide survey of unselected, consecutive patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction.

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