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Can smoking alone cause a heart attack or do you need to have other risk factors or does it happen later in life? or do you need to be diagn with cad?
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Stop smoking: Some studies have shown a higher rate of coronary events while smoking ( arrythmias) At any rate a direct proximate cause is rare but long term effects are very seriosu! Stop now! (When you stop the short term effects stop very QUICKLY! Good Luck Hope this helps Dr Z
Answered 8/6/2018
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Yup: smoking increases the risk of plaque rupture, whereby even a small bit of plaque in the artery cracks open and becomes a sudden blood clot in the artery - resulting in a "heart attack" - this can happen at a young age, even if other risks are ok. smoking increases this risk 300% over baseline. i agree with the previous commenter - stop smoking !
Answered 8/6/2018
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