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In patients with variant angina, smoking was an independent predictor of major adverse cardiac events (RR 2.2).
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In Korean patients with variant angina, long-term survival is excellent with calcium channel blocker therapy, though recurrent angina hospitalizations remain common and are predicted by smoking and initial MI presentation.
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Smoking may warrant cessation emphasis in variant angina; leaves open causal confirmation in prospective trials.
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Yoo et al. (2008) conducted a cohort in Variant angina (n=256). Smoking vs. Non-smoking was evaluated on Major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) (RR 2.2, 95% CI 1.117-4.234, p=0.004). In patients with variant angina, smoking was an independent predictor of major adverse cardiac events (RR 2.2).
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