Aortic aneurysm and tobacco
Repeated scans have to follow in
forty individuals infected aneurysm of the aorta medium size, growth in the
size of the aneurysm.
The annual growth rate is two times
higher in patients who continued to smoke than those who had stopped smoking.
Tobacco seems to be a risk factor
for significant growth and therefore fatal rupture of these aneurysms.
Here is an additional argument to
encourage these patients to stop smoking.
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