Skip Navigation

European Heart Journal 1982 3(2):142-145;
Copyright © 1982 by the European Society of Cardiology.
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by MULCAHY, R.
Right arrow Articles by DALY, L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by MULCAHY, R.
Right arrow Articles by DALY, L.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1982 by The European Society of Cardiology

The influence of subsequent cigarette smoking habits on causes and mode of death in survivors of unstable angina or myocardial infarction

R. MULCAHY, N. HICKEY, I. GRAHAM and L. DALY

Cardiac Department and Departments of Community Medicine, Epidemiology and Preventive Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, University College Dublin 4, Ireland

Received 3 December 1980; revised 31 July 1981; .

Request for Reprint to:Professor R. Mulcahy. Department of Preventive Cardiology, St Vincent‘s Hospital,Dublin 4, Ireland

Abstract

Information about the cigarette smoking habits at the time of death was available for 261 male decedents who had survived a previous bout of confirmed unstable angina or myocardial infarction. The cause and mode of death were known for 259 of these subjects. Smoking habits at time of death did not appear to affect the mode or cause of death.

Previous reports of a higher ratio of sudden death compared to deaths from myocardial infarction in smokers compared to non-smokers were not confirmed by us. A previous report of a high incidence of suicide and accidental death in healthy subjects who stopped smoking was not confirmed amongst these survivors of a coronary event. No case of suicide and only one accidental death was noted amongst 87 of 282 subjects who had stopped smoking after a coronary attack.

Key Words: Cigarette smoking • cause of death • mode of death • coronary heart disease


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.