title: [Cardiovascular diseases secondary to active and passive smoking].
abstract: This articles reviews the effects of smoking on the cardiovascular system. Smoking accelerates and aggravates atherosclerosis and increases the risk of coronary artery disease and its clinical manifestations (unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction and sudden death), cerebrovascular diseases, aortic aneurysms and peripheral artery occlusive diseases. Smoking is considered the most important modifiable risk factor for these diseases. Fortunately, quitting smoking reduces and even normalizes cardiovascular risk.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias y Cirugía Torácica, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Goich
mesh_terms: D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002539:Cerebral Arterial Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009538:Nicotine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D009538:Nicotine
vernacular_title: Enfermedades cardiovasculares secundarias al tabaquismo tanto activo como pasivo.