CV cost of smoking lasts a quarter century
Update: 2019-08-30
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This week in cardiology:
- PCSK9 inhibition cuts events in very-high-risk groups
ODYSSEY OUTCOMES analyses peg prior CABG and polyvascular disease as targets for alirocumab. - Cardiovascular cost of smoking may last up to 25 years
Past smokers face an elevated cardiovascular risk for up to 25 years after they quit. - Impact of climate change on mortality underlined by global study
This may be the largest study ever to assess the effects of inhalable particulate matter around the world. - HCV coinfection adds to the cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients
Hepatitis C virus and other injections were independently linked to the risk of having a cardiovascular event in HIV-infected patients.
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