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Fundus Photography as a Convenient Tool to Study Microvascular Responses to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Epidemiological Studies
Published on: October 22, 2014
[Cardiovascular diseases secondary to active and passive smoking]
1Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias y Cirugía Torácica, Santiago de Chile.
Abstract:
This articles reviews the effects of smoking on the cardiovascular system. Smoking accelerates and aggravates atherosclerosis and increases the risk of coronary artery disease and its clinical manifestations (unstable angina, acute myocardial infarction and sudden death), cerebrovascular diseases, aortic aneurysms and peripheral artery occlusive diseases. Smoking is considered the most important modifiable risk factor for these diseases. Fortunately, quitting smoking reduces and even normalizes cardiovascular risk.
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