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Cigarette smoking is a main risk-factor for enhanced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Some studies have even suggested that unvoluntary smoking increases the atherosclerotic risk. Smoking related cardiovascular diseases include coronary heart disease, acute myocardial infarction, sudden death, stroke, aortic aneurysm, atherosclerotic peripheral vascular disease. Risk is potentiated in patients with other coronary risk-factors i.e. hypertension and/or hypercholesterolemia. It is also proportionately related to the number of cigarettes smoked daily and smoking behavior. Combination of cigarette smoking and oral contraceptive use is the major cause of coronary events in female smokers under 50 years. Risk will be reduced only be smoking cessation. Underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms are complex; nicotine- and carbon-monoxide induced deleterious effects will be found on hemodynamic parameters, lipid status and hemorheology. Although clinical events due to acute coronary thrombosis and vasoconstriction are more often in smokers than in nonsmokers, angina pectoris is less common. Furthermore smoking diminishes beneficial effects of well established therapeutical procedures in treatment of coronary heart disease. Therefore, smoking cessation therapy should be a major goal for primary and secondary prevention programs as well.
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PMID:[Adverse cardiac effects of smoking]. 770 41

Independent clinical factors predicting reinfarction in the 1st year following an initial myocardial infarction were identified among 900 women and 2,795 men. Women were older (65.8 vs. 59.3 years; p < 0.001) but tended to suffer from reinfarction at a rate similar to that of men (6.9 vs. 5.6%, p = 0.17). Cumulative 1-month, 1- and 5.5-year all-cause mortality following the first infarction was higher among women who sustained reinfarction (43, 52 and 74%, respectively) than among men (29, 30 and 51%, respectively, p < 0.01 for each). Independent clinical predictors for recurrent myocardial infarction among women were (adjusted relative odds): peripheral vascular disease (3.2), postinfarction angina (2.3), diabetes mellitus (2.2), radiographic evidence of cardiomegaly (1.9), anterior location of the first infarction (2.0), congestive heart failure (1.8), prior angina (1.6) and age (10 years) increment (1.2). Predictive variables for men were: anterior infarct location (1.7), peripheral vascular disease (1.6, prior stroke (1.5), prior angina (1.4), systemic hypertension (1.3) and age (10 years) increment (1.1). Our data indicate (a) different cardiac risk factors for reinfarction among men and women after a first myocardial infarction, and (b) a prognostic advantage for men over women following reinfarction.
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PMID:Clinical predictors of reinfarction among men and women after a first myocardial infarction. SPRINT Study Group. Secondary Prevention Reinfarction Israeli Nifedipine Trial. 772 8

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients have a high cardiovascular mortality rate. Precise estimates of the prevalence, risk factors and prognosis of different manifestations of cardiac disease are unavailable. In this study a prospective cohort of 433 ESRD patients was followed from the start of ESRD therapy for a mean of 41 months. Baseline clinical assessment and echocardiography were performed on all patients. The major outcome measure was death while on dialysis therapy. Clinical manifestations of cardiovascular disease were highly prevalent at the start of ESRD therapy: 14% had coronary artery disease, 19% angina pectoris, 31% cardiac failure, 7% dysrhythmia and 8% peripheral vascular disease. On echocardiography 15% had systolic dysfunction, 32% left ventricular dilatation and 74% left ventricular hypertrophy. The overall median survival time was 50 months. Age, diabetes mellitus, cardiac failure, peripheral vascular disease and systolic dysfunction independently predicted death in all time frames. Coronary artery disease was associated with a worse prognosis in patients with cardiac failure at baseline. High left ventricular cavity volume and mass index were independently associated with death after two years. The independent associations of the different echocardiographic abnormalities were: systolic dysfunction-older age and coronary artery disease; left ventricular dilatation-male gender, anemia, hypocalcemia and hyperphosphatemia; left ventricular hypertrophy-older age, female gender, wide arterial pulse pressure, low blood urea and hypoalbuminemia. We conclude that clinical and echocardiographic cardiovascular disease are already present in a very high proportion of patients starting ESRD therapy and are independent mortality factors.
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PMID:Clinical and echocardiographic disease in patients starting end-stage renal disease therapy. 773 Nov 45

Two hundred and eighteen subjects, out of 250 individuals taken from a general practice register, returned completed questionnaires giving details about rest cramps, and a further 15 were contacted by telephone. The overall prevalence of rest cramps in the survey population was 37%. The symptom was more prevalent in older subjects. Rest cramps were most commonly experienced in the muscles of the leg, in 83% of the 86 cramp sufferers. Symptoms were usually present at night (73%). On average cramp episodes lasted for 9 min (95%CI 6.7-11.2). Most cramps sufferers experienced symptoms infrequently, but 40% had cramp episodes more than three times per week and 6% complained of at least one episode per day or night. Twenty-one per cent of cramp sufferers described their symptoms as very distressing. A minority, 32% of the 86 cramp sufferers, had reported the symptoms to a general practitioner although the 86 subjects self-rated their health more negatively than the individuals without muscle cramps. There was a significant, positive association between rest cramps and symptoms of angina or intermittent claudication although these two factors only accounted for 12% of the variance, suggesting that peripheral vascular disease may play a relevant but limited role in the aetiology of rest cramps.
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PMID:A general population survey of rest cramps. 782 90

Electrical spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is an important method in the treatment of certain chronic pain syndromes which are difficult to manage with conventional techniques. The indications for this procedure have gradually narrowed to neuropathic pain states, especially those of peripheral origin, ischaemic pain due to peripheral vascular disease, and treatment-resistant angina pectoris. In spite of the clinical use of this method for more than 20 years, the mechanisms underlying the pain alleviating effect remain largely unknown. For the effect on ischaemic pain, recent animal research indicates a mediation via autonomic pathways. Concerning the effect on neuropathic pain progress in knowledge has been scanty. Data from spinal microdialysis in decerebrated or anaesthetized animals indicate the possible importance of serotonin and substance P in the dorsal horn for pain inhibition by SCS. However, data from experiments on anaesthetized animals are, for several reasons, not likely to truely reflect the mechanisms active in conscious humans under treatment with SCS. To avoid the influence of anaesthesia and to approach the clinical situation, we have developed an animal model enabling simultaneous SCS and supraspinal microdialysis in awake, freely moving rats. The animal model is described and some preliminary data indicating a release of gamma-amino butyric acid (GABA) induced by SCS in the periaqueductal grey matter (PAG), are presented.
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PMID:An animal model for the study of brain transmittor release in response to spinal cord stimulation in the awake, freely moving rat: preliminary results from the periaqueductal grey matter. 790 75

Patients with regular use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) appear to have a reduced mortality from colon cancer. As NSAID use is associated with gastrointestinal bleeding, endoscopic exploration of patients on NSAID may lead to more efficient screening and frequent detection of colon cancer. A case-control study was conducted among 12,304 veterans with a colon cancer diagnosed between 1988 and 1992. Four controls were matched by age, sex, and race to each case. The frequency distributions of previous discharge diagnoses in cases and controls were compared. Arterial embolism and thrombosis, spondylosis, peripheral vascular disease, angina, osteoarthrosis, and ischemic heart disease protected against future development of colon cancer. On the other hand, atrial fibrillation and flutter, as well as phlebitis and thrombophlebitis, were associated an increased occurrence of colon cancer after 5-10 years. The study contrasts diseases that are treated with aspirin with those that are treated with other anticoagulants. Both cause bleeding, but the reduced risk of colon cancer was seen only in conditions treated with aspirin. The difference between the two disease groups from the same VA patient population suggests that chronic use of NSAID truly protects against future development of colon cancer.
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PMID:Diseases preceding colon cancer. A case-control study among veterans. 795 19

Intermittent claudication, myocardial infarction, and angina pectoris share many epidemiologic and biologic features. Yet few large cohort studies describing the prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for intermittent claudication have been done. The authors evaluated intermittent claudication in 10,059 Israeli men aged 40-65 years, of whom 8,343 were free of coronary heart disease and symptoms of peripheral vascular disease; this latter group was followed for 5 years from 1963 to 1968. Prevalent and incident cases of intermittent claudication were defined by the London School of Hygiene Cardiovascular Disease Questionnaire, and all cardiovascular disease risk factor evaluations were standardized. Baseline prevalence was 27.0/1,000 (211/10,029). A total of 360 previously healthy men developed intermittent claudication for a crude 5-year incidence rate of 43.1/1,000 (360/8,343) or a crude annual incidence of 8.6/1,000. Following univariate analysis with demographic, physiologic, psychosocial, and other cardiovascular disease variables, logistic regression was used to identify risk factors for intermittent claudication. These were the following: > 20 cigarettes per day, odds ratio (OR) = 2.02, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.54-2.66; serum cholesterol (50-mg/dl difference), OR = 1.35, 95% CI 1.18-1.54; 11-20 cigarettes per day, OR = 1.69, 95% CI 1.24-2.30; anxiety (high vs. low), OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.29-2.65; socioeconomic status, OR = 1.82, 95% CI 1.26-2.64; and diabetes, OR = 1.85, 95% CI 1.25-2.75. Other significant predictors of smaller magnitude included in the regression were age, psychosocial coping factors, Quetelet's index, and exsmoking. The risk factors for intermittent claudication were a blend of those related to myocardial infarction (smoking, cholesterol, diabetes, but not hypertension) and others related to angina pectoris but not to myocardial infarction (stress and coping variables). There is reason to believe that preventing or modifying these factors will prove effective in altering the natural history and clinical outcomes of peripheral vascular disease as shown in other forms of atherosclerosis.
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PMID:Epidemiology of intermittent claudication in middle-aged men. 806 34

A random sample of 464 dialysis patients was surveyed between December 1990 and June 1991 to compare methods for determining the relationship between cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality. The following three methods were used to identify the prevalence of CVD: standard epidemiologic questionnaires, recall by the patient, and a review of the medical record. The 1-year mortality rate during this prospective study (average follow-up, 17.5 months) was 19%. The measure of prevalent CVD found to be the best predictor of the risk of mortality was the review of the medical record. Specifically, after controlling for the effects on mortality of age, sex, race, cause of renal failure, serum albumin level, and performance status (determined by the Karnofsky score), a patient with a history of angina pectoris documented in the medical record had a relative risk (95% confidence interval) of mortality of 1.8 (1.1 to 2.8), and a patient with peripheral vascular disease recorded in the medical record had a relative risk of 1.6 (1.0 to 2.4). Estimates of CVD obtained from either the questionnaires or patient recall resulted in associations between CVD and mortality that were substantially weaker than those for the medical record. We conclude that at present the medical record is the best source of information for estimating the presence of CVD as a mortality risk factor in dialysis patients. We recommend inclusion of a medical record history of CVD as a mortality case-mix factor when comparing dialysis populations.
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PMID:A prospective comparison of methods for determining if cardiovascular disease is a predictor of mortality in dialysis patients. 812 39

To examine the effects of recombinant human erythropoietin (rHuEPO) on hospital utilization, hospital costs, and Medicare reimbursements for hospital care, a longitudinal, matched cohort study was conducted using Medicare claims data of 23,806 Medicare-eligible, dialysis patients who received rHuEPO, did not have a transplant, and were alive for 18 mo or longer and 22,720 controls matched on age, sex, race, cause of ESRD, and dialysis modality. The relative odds (rHuEPO versus control) of admission for all causes and for specific causes over 9 mo, adjusted for admission in the prior 9 mo and the per patient change in total admissions, inpatient days, hospital costs, and Medicare hospital payments between the prior 9-mo period and the subsequent 9-mo period was examined. The adjusted relative odds (95% confidence interval) of admission (rHuEPO versus control) was: higher and statistically significant for all causes, 1.08 (1.03 to 1.14); seizure, 1.52 (1.28 to 1.75); vascular access revision, 1.11 (1.06 to 1.17), and heart failure, 1.17 (1.09 to 1.26); higher but not statistically significant for angina, 1.09 (0.99 to 1.20) and stroke, 1.08 (0.86 to 1.31); and lower but not statistically significant for myocardial infarction, 0.91 (0.72 to 1.10); peripheral vascular disease, 0.81 (0.60 to 1.02); anemia, 0.86 (0.56 to 1.17); and depression, 0.89 (0.37 to 1.40). The mean change per 1,000 patients in admissions was less by 38 (P = 0.03) because of fewer readmissions, and in days was 1,309 less (P < 0.001), for patients treated with rHuEPO versus controls. The mean change per patient in hospital costs was $371 less and was statistically significant (P = 0.03) and in Medicare hospital payments was $132 less but was not statistically significant (P = 0.43) for patients treated with rHuEPO versus controls. rHuEPO was associated with an increase in the probability of hospital admission (particularly admissions potentially related to adverse effects) but a decrease in readmissions, overall admissions, hospital days, and cost to hospitals in this cohort of patients surviving for 18 mo. Although not realized short term, Medicare savings from potential rHuEPO-related reductions in hospital care may be long term through future adjustments in diagnosis-related group-based hospital payment.
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PMID:Effect of recombinant erythropoietin on hospital admissions, readmissions, length of stay, and costs of dialysis patients. 816 27

We administered the Rose Questionnaire to 1442 black, white, and Latino patients (approximately equal numbers) who sought care for acute chest pain at two medical centers. Of these, 718 subjects were enrolled at a large public hospital serving a low-socioeconomic status population and 724 at a large health maintenance organization hospital serving a middle-class clientele. Using the standard definition of Rose angina, multivariate logistic regression analysis identified five factors that contributed to the relative risk of a positive response: family history of myocardial infarction (2.48), history of peripheral vascular disease (1.41), history of high blood pressure (1.29), history of high cholesterol (1.26), and low-socioeconomic status hospital (0.78). Inquiring about shortness of breath as a substitute for chest pain or an alternative complaint in set one of the Rose Questionnaire did not increase the number of positive responses or differentiate between the socioeconomic groups or race-ethnic subgroups. Having a prior history of self-reported risk factors clearly defined a group with greater likelihood of a positive response to the Rose Questionnaire. Receiving care at a large public hospital (ie, being in a low-socioeconomic status group) was associated with reduced likelihood of having "typical" angina in comparison to receiving care at a health maintenance organization (middle socioeconomic status) for white subjects but not for Latinos and blacks.
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PMID:Rose Questionnaire responses among black, Latino, and white subjects in two socioeconomic strata. 816 46


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