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The bizzare phenomenon of smokers' paradox in the immediate outcome post acute myocardial infarction: an insight into the Malaysian National Cardiovascular Database-Acute Coronary Syndrome (NCVD-ACS) registry year 2006-2013

Venkatason P 1 , Salleh NM 1 , Zubairi Y 2 , Hafidz I 1 , Ahmad WA 1 , Han SK 3 Show all authors , Zuhdi AS 1

Affiliations 

  • 1 Cardiology Unit, Department of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 2 Center for Foundation Studies in Science, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3 National Heart Association of Malaysia, Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Springerplus, 2016;5:534.
PMID: 27186498 DOI: 10.1186/s40064-016-2188-3

Abstract

'Smoker's paradox' is a controversial phenomenon of an unexpected favourable outcome of smokers post acute myocardial infarction. There are conflicting evidences from the literature so far. We investigate for the existence of this phenomenon in our post acute myocardial infarction patients.

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