The relationship of cigarette smoking to peripheral arterial disease

Cigarette smoking is one of the most important risk factors for peripheral arterial disease (PAD). Smoking increases the risk of PAD by several fold and is a more influential risk factor for PAD than for coronary artery disease. Multiple pathophysiologic mechanisms may account for the prevalence of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Reviews in cardiovascular medicine 2004, Vol.5 (4), p.189-193
Hauptverfasser:	Lu, Jeffrey T, Creager, Mark A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arteriosclerosis - etiology Arteriosclerosis - physiopathology Humans Peripheral Vascular Diseases - etiology Peripheral Vascular Diseases - physiopathology Risk Factors Smoking - adverse effects Smoking - physiopathology
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