Abstract
We read the article “Cigarette smoking and myocardial infarction in young men and women: A case-control study” by Panagiotakos et al. [ [1] Panagiotakos D.B. Rallidis L.S. Pitsavos C. Stefanadis C. Kremastinos D. Cigarette smoking and myocardial infarction in young men and women: a case-control study. International Journal of Cardiology. 2007; 116: 371-375 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (61) Google Scholar ] with much enthusiasm. We found the study to be interesting and informative. However, in the discussion part there was no mentioning of coronary spasm as one of the possible patho-physiological mechanisms underlying the relationship between the cigarette smoking habit and cardiovascular events.
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