title: Clearing the air on the "smoker's paradox".
authors: Herbert and Sandi Feinberg Interventional Cardiology and Heart Valve Center at Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York. Electronic address: akirtane@columbia.edu.
authors: Ajay J
authors: AJ
authors: Kirtane
authors: Herbert and Sandi Feinberg Interventional Cardiology and Heart Valve Center at Columbia University Medical Center/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York.
authors: Christopher R
authors: CR
authors: Kelly
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*
keywords: acute coronary syndrome(s); coronary artery disease; smoking; tobacco