Carbon Monoxide and Coronary Heart Disease: Compelling Evidence in Angina Pectoris
Authors: JOHN R. GOLDSMITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1972)

Editorials1 November 1972Carbon Monoxide and Coronary Heart Disease: Compelling Evidence in Angina PectorisJOHN R. GOLDSMITH, M.D.JOHN R. GOLDSMITH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-77-5-808 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAronow and his colleagues, whose most recent report appears in this issue of the ANNALS (1), have substantially advanced our knowledge about the culpability of carbon monoxide in angina pectoris. This sequence of studies deserves both admiration and an anecdote.On first reading the paper of Aronow and his colleagues, "Tobacco: A Precipitating Factor in Angina Pectoris" (2), my interest in the possibility that carbon monoxide could be a factor was sufficient for me to call him to ask how he could be sure that the effects that he attributed to nicotine were not due to carbon monoxide. Aronow's group...References1. ARONOWHARRISISBELL WCM: Effect of freeway travel on angina pectoris. Ann Intern Med 77:669-676, 1972 LinkGoogle Scholar2. ARONOWKAPLANJACOB WMD: Tobacco: a precipitating factor in angina pectoris. Ann Intern Med 69:529-536, 1968 LinkGoogle Scholar3. COHENPERKINSURY SNH: Carbon monoxide uptake in cigarette smoking. Arch Environ Health 22:55-60, 1971 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. ARONOWROKAW WS: Carboxyhemoglobin caused by smoking non-nicotine cigarettes. Effects in angina pectoris. Circulation 44:782-788, 1971 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. ARONOWDENDINGERROKAW WJS: Heart rate and carbon monoxide level after smoking high-, low-, and non-nicotine cigarettes. A study in male patients with angina pectoris. Ann Intern Med 74:697-702, 1971 LinkGoogle Scholar6. : The Health Consequences of Smoking; A Report of the Surgeon-General 1972. DHEW Publication No. (HSM) 72-7516. Washington, D.C., U.S. Superintendent of Documents, 1972 Google Scholar7. COHENDEANEGOLDSMITH SMJ: Carbon monoxide and survival from myocardial infarction. Arch Environ Health 19:510-517, 1969 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. HEXTERGOLDSMITH AJ: Carbon monoxide: association of community air pollution with mortality. Science 172:265-267, 1971 CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Bureau of Occupational Health and Environmental Epidemiology California State Department of Public Health Berkeley, Calif. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByUmweltfaktoren und kardiovaskuläre KrankheitenCarbon Monoxide Effect on Exercise-Induced Angina PectorisWILBERT S. ARONOW, M.D., F.A.C.P., MICHAEL W. ISBELL, C.P.T.CARBON MONOXIDE: SMOKING, AIR POLLUTION, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL HOMŒOSTASISHYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME IN IgA MULTIPLE MYELOMAAngina Pectoris and Carbon MonoxideJAMES THEODORE, M.D. 1 November 1972Volume 77, Issue 5Page: 808-810KeywordsAnginaCarbon monoxideCoronary heart diseaseNicotine Issue Published: 1 November 1972 PDF DownloadLoading ...