Open AccessSmoking behavior after coronary artery bypass surgery: Quit, relapse, continuing
Author(s) -
Fotini Ampatzidou,
Rafail Ioannidis,
Odysseas Drosos,
Charisios Mavromanolis,
Athanasia Vlahou,
George Drossos
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_63_19
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , smoking cessation , coronary artery bypass surgery , artery , quit smoking , risk factor , cigarette smoking , socioeconomic status , surgery , environmental health , population , pathology
Tobacco smoking represents a major risk factor for coronary artery disease. Our study aimed to investigate whether Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) surgery could act as a motivating factor to enforce smoking cessation. Specifically, we observed the success rate in individuals who quitted smoking, along with the number and reasons of relapse(s) at least one year after the operation.