Clinical and angiographic profiles and six months outcomes of smokers with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary angioplasty.

CONCLUSION: The study documents that smokers with acute STEMI have similar outcomes as compared to non smokers with higher thrombus burden and lesser non culprit artery involvement. Smokers present at much younger age emphasizing the role of smoking cessation for prevention of myocardial infarction.
PMID: 30392506 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Indian Heart J - September 1, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: Gupta A, Verma SK, Sharma R, Parakh N, Ramakrishnan S, Roy A, Singh S, Sharma G, Karthikeyan G, Naik N, Yadav R, Mishra S, Seth S, Narang R, Goswami KC, Bhargava B, Bahl VK Tags: Indian Heart J Source Type: research