Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?

The precise physiological mechanisms linking cigarette smoking with increased coronary risk remain largely speculative. Similarly, the reason why smoking cessation is effective at ameliorating this risk is also unclear. The subclinical study by Nakanishi and colleagues has challenged the orthodoxy t...

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Main Author: Huxley, Rachel
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27578
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description The precise physiological mechanisms linking cigarette smoking with increased coronary risk remain largely speculative. Similarly, the reason why smoking cessation is effective at ameliorating this risk is also unclear. The subclinical study by Nakanishi and colleagues has challenged the orthodoxy that plaque formation is the necessary ingredient underpinning these associations.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-275782017-09-13T15:07:51Z Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it? Huxley, Rachel The precise physiological mechanisms linking cigarette smoking with increased coronary risk remain largely speculative. Similarly, the reason why smoking cessation is effective at ameliorating this risk is also unclear. The subclinical study by Nakanishi and colleagues has challenged the orthodoxy that plaque formation is the necessary ingredient underpinning these associations. 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27578 10.1038/nrcardio.2015.37 restricted
spellingShingle Huxley, Rachel
Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?
title Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?
title_full Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?
title_fullStr Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?
title_full_unstemmed Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?
title_short Risk factors: Smoking and CAD - What's plaque got to do with it?
title_sort risk factors: smoking and cad - what's plaque got to do with it?
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/27578