American Heart Journal
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 832-839, May 2005

Cigarette smoking is associated with increased circulating proinflammatory and procoagulant markers in patients with chronic coronary artery disease:

Effects of aspirin treatment

  • Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, FESC

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    • Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ignatios Ikonomidis, MD, FESC, Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Perikleous 19, N. Chalkidona, Athens, 14343 Greece.
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  • John Lekakis, MD, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Georgia Vamvakou, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Therapeutics, University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece
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  • Felicita Andreotti, MD, PhD, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College School of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Cardiology Department, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Petros Nihoyannopoulos, MD, FRCP, FACC, FESC

      Affiliations

    • Imperial College School of Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Cardiology Department, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom

Received 27 May 2004; accepted 24 August 2004.

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 This work was supported by Hammersmith Hospital grant RC/259.

 There is no conflict of interest for any of the contributing authors.

PII: S0002-8703(04)00578-2

doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2004.08.030

American Heart Journal
Volume 149, Issue 5 , Pages 832-839, May 2005

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