Smoking Cessation after first STEMI enhances Infarct Healing: a Cardiac MRI Study
Smoking cessation after first STEMI appears to be an important factor positively influencing infarct healing. Within observation period, less patients died in the cessation group. In sum, these data provide another valuable argument for quitting smoking, even after infarction had already occurred.
Authors
- Alex Kaser
- Felix Troger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-5045)
- Martin Reindl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8414-9552)
- Agnes Mayr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9363-873X)
- Mathias Pamminger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9241-6334)
- Philip Lungenschmid
- Ivan Lechner
- Bernhard Metzler
- Sebastian J Reinstadler
- Matthias Schwab
- Christina Tiller
Institutions
- Innsbruck Medical University (AT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjci/jeag087
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00