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3941718

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-2-19
pubmed:abstractText
We obtained information about cessation of smoking in 310 survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who had been habitual cigarette smokers at the time of their arrest. Patients with coronary heart disease were stratified according to mortality risk on the basis of recognized criteria. The expected first-year rate of recurrent arrest ranged from 2 to 40 percent among the strata. Life-table analyses showed that reformed smokers had a lower incidence of recurrent arrest than patients who continued to smoke (19 vs. 27 percent at three years; P = 0.038 by one-sided test adjusted across strata). This effect occurred to varying degrees in all but the highest risk stratum. No differences in survival were observed for mortality due to other causes. It is possible that continued smoking in these patients led to acceleration of an ongoing atherosclerotic process, but the differences in early survival suggest that smoking may also act in the short term to enhance vulnerability to cardiac arrest.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0028-4793
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
30
pubmed:volume
314
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
271-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Smoking as a risk factor for recurrence of sudden cardiac arrest.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't