Smoking and acute coronary heart disease: a comparative study.
Nine hundred and seventy eight patients with a first documented myocardial infarction were studied to detect smoking related differences in clinical profile and in-hospital outcome. The distribution of infarct sites differed significantly between smokers and non-smokers. Smokers had higher peak cardiac enzyme concentrations. In spite of this, smokers had a better prognosis than non-smokers. There are important differences between smokers and non-smokers, both in clinical profile and in-hospital outcome, which may reflect a difference in the nature of the underlying coronary disease.
Robinson
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Cardiac Department, St Vincent's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Conroy
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Mulcahy
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000209:etiology*; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000209:etiology*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*
D004798:Enzymes