Smoking and Coronary Atherosclerosis: Disproportionate Impact on the Right Coronary Artery

• Published in: JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR ANGIOGRAPHY & INTERVENTIONS Vol. 4; no. 8; p. 103609
• Main Authors: Dahlgren, Axel, Erlinge, David, Torii, Ryo, Yong, Enhui, Bergström, Göran, Jernberg, Tomas, Fröbert, Ole, Thrane, Pernille G., Mæng, Michael, Stone, Gregg W., Mohammad, Moman A.
• Format: Journal Article Publication
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.08.2025
• Subjects: Cardiovascular; coronary artery atherosclerosis; natural progression; smoking; SCAAR; coronary artery atherosclerosis; smoking; natural progression; WDHR; Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry; Western Denmark Heart Registry

We aimed to study the long-term effect of smoking on coronary atherosclerosis progression at the segmental level. Angiographic data (1989-2017) on current, former, and nonsmokers were collected from the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry. The Western Denmark Heart Registry was use...