| Title | The health consequences of smoking. Cardiovascular diseases. | | Author(s) | McBride PE | | Institution | Department of Family Medicine and Practice, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison. | | Source | Med Clin North Am 1992 Mar; 76(2):333-53. | | MeSH | Arteriosclerosis
Cardiovascular Diseases
Humans
Risk Factors
Smoking
United States
| | Abstract | Cigarette smoking is a major cause of atherosclerotic diseases. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading disease cause of death and disability in the United States. Smoking contributes to much of the premature and overall disease burden from CVD. Smoking affects the physiologic, pathologic, hematologic, and metabolic factors that lead to the initiation, progression, and sequelae of atherosclerosis. Smoking cessation reduces the progression of atherosclerosis and the subsequent morbidity, mortality, and years of productive life lost from CVD. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Review
| | PubMed ID | 1548965 |
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