Open AccessOxidative stress and severity of coronary artery disease in young smokers with acute myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
Şükrü Aksoy,
Neşe Çam,
Ufuk Gürkan,
Dilaver Öz,
Kıvılcım Özden,
Servet Altay,
Gündüz Durmuş,
Mehmet Ağırbaşlı
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
cardiology journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.573
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1897-5593
pISSN - 1898-018X
DOI - 10.5603/cj.2012.0069
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , coronary artery disease , interquartile range , oxidative stress , cardiology , paraoxonase
Cigarette smoking increases the oxidative stress mediated vascular dysfunction in young adults. We aimed to investigate the relation between the oxidative stress indices and coronary artery disease (CAD) severity in young patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
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