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Quitting Smoking Equates to Revival of Blood Vessels


A new study shows that blood vessel function rapidly recuperates after smokers kick the habit, leading to a reduced risk of heart disease and heart attack..

More than 1,500 people took part in a clinical trial to help them quit smoking. Before and one year after the participants stopped smoking, doctors used ultrasound to measure the patients' flow-mediated dilation (FMD), a gauge of the health of the brachial artery, the main artery of the upper arm.

The ability of the brachial artery to relax is closely related to the ability of the heart arteries to relax, and predicts risk for future heart and blood vessel disease, explained the University of Wisconsin researchers.

They compared the FMD readings from patients who successfully quit with those who quit and then resumed smoking.

While a significant improvement in blood vessel function was seen, there was associated weight gain in people who quick smoking. 

Even though the change in FMD was 1 percent, this equates to about a 14 percent lower rate of cardiovascular disease events.  This is very important.

Cardiovascular disease is the cause of about one-third of smoking-related premature deaths in the United States.


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