Why the study?
Does smoking cessation reduce myocardial infarction, cardiac death, and rest pain in patients with intermittent claudication?
Does smoking cessation reduce myocardial infarction, cardiac death, and rest pain in patients with intermittent claudication?
Smoking cessation in patients with intermittent claudication dramatically reduces the risk of myocardial infarction, cardiac death, and progression to rest pain, while significantly improving long-term survival.
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Smoking cessation was associated with better survival and fewer events in claudication; leaves open causal confirmation from randomized trials.
Jonason et al. (1987) studied this question.
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