Background—Secondhand smoke increases the risk of coronary heart disease by≈ 30%.
This effect is larger than one would expect on the basis of the risks associated with active …

Cigarette smoking is a powerful cardiovascular risk factor and smoking cessation is the
single most effective lifestyle measure for the prevention of a large number of cardiovascular …

Background We previously reported the prevalence and associations of abdominal aortic
aneurysm (AAA) in 73,451 veterans aged 50 to 79 years who underwent ultrasound …

Age is the main clinical determinant of large artery stiffness. Central arteries stiffen
progressively with age, whereas peripheral muscular arteries change little with age. A …

Objective To determine whether there was a change in hospital admissions for acute
myocardial infarction while a local law banning smoking in public and in workplaces was in …

Objectives: A systematic review and a meta-analysis were performed to determine the
association between public smoking bans and risk for hospital admission for acute …

Background: Although public health programs have led to a substantial decrease in the
prevalence of tobacco smoking, the adverse health effects of tobacco smoke exposure are …

Compliance and distensibility are wall properties of large arteries, which may play a role in
cardiovascular disease. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the influence …

The global burden of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) has not been studied previously.
Such information is important given the emergence of cardiovascular diseases in …

Aortic stiffness (AoS) is a maladaptive response to hemodynamic stress and both modifiable
and non-modifiable risk factors, and elevated AoS increases afterload for the heart. AoS is a …