Why the study?
Does smoking cessation reduce mortality and re-infarction in patients after myocardial infarction?
Population
Patients after myocardial infarction, resuscitation from cardiac arrest, or coronary surgery
Comparison
Smoking cessation vs Continuing to smoke
Design
Review
Authors
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May support smoking cessation counseling post-MI; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm causality.
Does smoking cessation reduce mortality and re-infarction in patients after myocardial infarction?
Smoking cessation after myocardial infarction is associated with lower mortality and re-infarction rates, independent of weight gain or psychosocial differences.
Lars Wilhelmsen (1998) studied this question.
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