Impact of active smoking on myocardial infarction severity in reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: the smoker's paradox revisited

Symons, Rolf; Masci, Pier Giorgio; Francone, Marco; Claus, Piet; Barison, Andrea; Carbone, Iacopo; Agati, Luciano; Galea, Nicola; Janssens, Stefan; Bogaert, Jan

doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv738

Impact of active smoking on myocardial infarction severity in reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients: the smoker's paradox revisited

Author:

Symons, Rolf

Masci, Pier Giorgio ; Francone, Marco ; Claus, Piet ; Barison, Andrea ; Carbone, Iacopo ; Agati, Luciano ; Galea, Nicola ; Janssens, Stefan ; Bogaert, Jan

Keywords:

Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems, Cardiovascular System & Cardiology, Myocardial infarction, Left ventricular remodelling, Cardiovascular risk factors, Smoker's paradox, CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE, PROGNOSTIC VALUE, CMR, HEMORRHAGE, Humans, Risk Factors, ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction, Smokers, Smoking, 1102 Cardiorespiratory Medicine and Haematology, 1103 Clinical Sciences, Cardiovascular System & Hematology, 3201 Cardiovascular medicine and haematology, 3202 Clinical sciences

Abstract:

To investigate the influence of cardiovascular risk factors (CV-RFs) on infarct severity and post-infarction left ventricular (LV) remodelling in acutely reperfused ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients studied with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR).