Effect of Smoking Status on the Long-Term Outcome after Successful Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization

Abstract

Patients who continued to smoke after successful percutaneous coronary revascularization were at greater risk for Q-wave infarction and death than nonsmokers. The cessation of smoking either before or after percutaneous revascularization was beneficial. Patients undergoing percutaneous revascularization should be encouraged to stop smoking.