[Clinico-statistical evaluation of the effects of cigarette smoke on the blood vessels of the lower extremities].
The relation between cigarette smoke and cardiovascular disease is well known. Several studies have shown that the adverse effect of carbon monoxide on the vascular endothelium is the most serious of the many factors associated with the damage caused by cigarette smoke. Two groups of patients were examined, one admitted for serious lower-extremity arteriosclerosis, the other composed of out-patients with symptoms referable to possible peripheral pathology. Invasive and non-invasive examinations were used to determine such pathology and relate it with cigarette smoking, in the absence of other greater vascular risk factors. The importance of cigarette smoke as a single vascular risk factor was further substantiated.
D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking
Contributo alla valutazione clinico-statistica degli effetti del fumo di sigaretta sul distretto vascolare degli arti inferiori.