EVALUATION OF SMOKING AS A SINGLE RISK FACTOR FOR ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME IN ADULT PATIENTS BELOW 45 YEARS

Document Type : Preliminary preprint short reports of original research

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Departement of Cardiology and Angiology of Medecine,University of Alexandria.

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INTRODUCTION
Smoking is well known as a potent risk factor of acute coronary syndrome in young patients as well as in general population, the association of cigarette smoking and other types of smoking like cannabis ,shisha increase this risk.
In US the major cause of cardiovascular disease is known to be coronary artery disease (CAD), with 2 out of 10 deaths being associated with CAD,and CAD-related deaths are expected to increase from 17.3 million in 2012 up to 23.6 million in 2030.
A high number of patients suffering MI at young age are reported to have a high prevalence of smoking and to be male gender compared with their older counterparts,young patients with ACS have smoked a greater number of cigarette per day compared to old patients but they exeperience the lower pack year history due to their young age.
We used the calculation of smoking index as a primordial tool which help in classification of smoker and then after helps in evaluation of patients according them levels of smoking

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ALEXMED ePosters
Volume 6, Issue 4
September 2024
Pages 64-65

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