Smoker's Paradox in Patients With ST‐Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Smoker's Paradox in Patients With ST‐Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

BackgroundPrior studies have found that smokers undergoing thrombolytic therapy for ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction have lower in‐hospital mortality than nonsmokers, a phenomenon called the “smoker's paradox.” Evidence, however, has been conflicting regarding whether this paradoxical...

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Main Authors: Tanush Gupta, Dhaval Kolte, Sahil Khera, Prakash Harikrishnan, Marjan Mujib, Wilbert S. Aronow, Diwakar Jain, Ali Ahmed, Howard A. Cooper, William H. Frishman, Deepak L. Bhatt, Gregg C. Fonarow, Julio A. Panza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-04-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
primary percutaneous coronary intervention
smoker's paradox
smoking
ST‐segment elevation myocardial infarction
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.116.003370

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