Why the study?
Does stopping smoking reduce future cardiac events in male smokers with previous myocardial infarction?
Population
90 male smokers with previous myocardial infarction
Comparison
Stopping smoking vs Continued smoking
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
mean 3.1 +/- 1.4 years
Authors
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May support cessation counseling in male post-MI patients; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm causality.
Does stopping smoking reduce future cardiac events in male smokers with previous myocardial infarction?
Stopping smoking significantly reduces the risk of recurrent cardiac events and mortality in male patients with a prior myocardial infarction.
Satō et al. (1992) studied this question.
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