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Cigarette Smoking and Coronary Artery Disease

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Tobacco Smoking and Atherosclerosis

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As many speakers have reviewed during this conference, the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease, which includes the clinical manifestations of myo-cardial infarction, angina pectoris, and sudden death, is extremely complex and mediated by multiple mechanisms and etiologic factors (1). At least five interrelated processes are likely to contribute to the clinical manifestations of myocardial infarction: atherosclerosis, thrombosis, coronary artery spasm, cardiac arrythmia, and reduced capacity of the blood to deliver oxygen.

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  1. Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Graham A. Colditz

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Colditz, G.A. (1990). Cigarette Smoking and Coronary Artery Disease. In: Diana, J.N. (eds) Tobacco Smoking and Atherosclerosis. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 273. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-5829-9_31

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