Why the study?
Does quitting smoking reduce mortality in patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease?
Population
4,165 smokers with angiographically proved coronary artery disease from a multicenter registry
Comparison
Quitting smoking (n=1,490) vs Continued smoking (n=2,675)
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
Authors
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May support quitting in angiographic CAD; extends observational data but leaves causality open.
Does quitting smoking reduce mortality in patients with angiographically documented coronary artery disease?
Quitting smoking significantly reduces 5-year mortality, myocardial infarction-associated death, and sudden death in patients with established coronary artery disease.
Ronald E. Vlietstra (1986) studied this question.
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