Impact of cardiovascular calcifications on the detrimental effect of continued smoking on cardiovascular risk in male lung cancer screening participants.

Impact of cardiovascular calcifications on the detrimental effect of continued smoking on cardiovascular risk in male lung cancer screening participants.

BACKGROUND: Current smokers have an increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared to ex-smokers due to reversible as well as irreversible effects of smoking. We investigated if current smokers remain to have an increased CVD risk compared to ex-smokers in subjects with a long and intense smok...

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Main Authors: Pushpa M Jairam, Pim A de Jong, Willem P T h M Mali, Ivana Isgum, Harry J de Koning, Carlijn van der Aalst, Matthijs Oudkerk, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Yolanda van der Graaf
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3688769?pdf=render

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