Smoking prevalence in coronary patients from EuroAspire III Romania.

OBJECTIVE: Evaluating smoking incidence, the compliance to smoking cessation recommendation and benefits of quitting smoking in coronary patients included in EuroAspire III Romania survey. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We evaluated the acute cardiovascular events (MACE) incidence in 530 consecutive coronary patients (> or = 18 years and 0.05). Patients who continued smoking after hospital discharged presented an increased frequency of MACE compared to non smokers (p=0.043, OR=1.98). Also, patients who continued smoking till hospitalization for coronary event, presented a higher risk compared to non smokers concerning re-intervention by PTCA (p=0.017, OR=4.28) and AMI incidence (p=0.01, OR=4.89). The MACE incidence was higher in active smokers versus passive smokers, but there was no significant differences between the two groups (p>0.05). CONCLUSION: Majority of coronary patients renounced smoking after their first experience with cardiovascular events, a small part continued smoking. Patients who continued smoking after the acute event had higher incidence of MACE compared to non-smokers or ex-smokers (p 0.05).