Middle-aged smokers are at greater risk of developing heart failure than those who never smoked or those who quit, found study.
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‘Middle-aged smokers are at greater risk of developing heart failure than those who never smoked or those who quit.’
"Previous research has focused on smoking and atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries, but not enough attention has been given to the other bad effects of smoking on the heart," said Michael E. Hall, a cardiologist at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in the US. Current smokers's left ventricle -- the heart's main pumping chamber -- showed early signs of not working properly.
These changes in the left ventricle's structure and function are likely put a person at greater risk of developing heart failure, Hall said.
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The study took into account high blood pressure, diabetes, body mass and other factors that might have biased results.
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"As healthcare professionals, we would recommend that all patients quit smoking anyway, but the message should be made even more forcefully to patients at higher risk of heart failure,"Hall said.
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