Carbon Monoxide and Coronary Heart Disease
Authors: JOHN R. GOLDSMITH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1969)

Editorials1 July 1969Carbon Monoxide and Coronary Heart DiseaseJOHN R. GOLDSMITH, M.D.JOHN R. GOLDSMITH, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-71-1-199 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSome recent papers on coronary artery heart disease, smoking, or carbon monoxide contain pieces of a provocative jigsaw puzzle. Can a coherent picture be assembled from the pieces?First, consider the excess mortality from coronary heart disease among cigarette smokers, first noted by epidemiologists looking at the smoking-lung-cancer problem. Coronary heart disease accounts for about half of all the excess deaths due to smoking (1). Hammond (2) showed in a prospective study of 441,000 men that deaths from coronary heart disease were more than three times greater in 45- to 54-year-old men smoking more than one half pack a day...References1. Smoking and Health, Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon-General of the Public Health Service, Public Health Service Publication No. 1103, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., 1964. Google Scholar2. HAMMOND EC: Smoking in relation to death rates of 1 million men and women, in National Cancer Institute Monograph No. 19, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 1966, pp. 127-204. Google Scholar3. FRANKWEINBLATTSHAPIROSAGER CWESRV: Myocardial infarction in men, role of physical activity and smoking in incidence and mortality. JAMA 198: 1241, 1966. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. DOYLEDAWBERKANNELKINCHKAHN JTTRWBSHHA: The relationship of cigarette smoking to coronary heart disease. JAMA 190: 886, 1964. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. ARONOWKAPLANJACOB WSMAD: Tobacco: a precipitating factor in angina pectoris. Ann. Intern. Med. 69: 529, 1968. LinkGoogle Scholar6. AYERSMUELLERGREGORYGIANELLIPENNY SMHSJJSJL: Systemic and myocardial hemodynamic responses to relatively small concentrations of carboxyhemoglobin (COHb). Arch. Environ. Health (Chicago) 18: 699, 1969. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. ASTRUP P: Carbon monoxide and peripheral arterial disease. Scand. J. Clin. Lab. Invest. 19 (suppl. 99): 193, 1968. Google Scholar8. BIRNSTINGLCOLEHAWKINS MPL: Variations in oxyhaemoglobin dissociation with age, smoking, and Buerger's disease. Brit. J. Surg. 54: 615, 1967. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar9. SACKETTGIBSONBROSSPICKREN DLRWDJJW: Relation between aortic atherosclerosis and the use of cigarettes and alcohol. New Eng. J. Med. 279, 1413, 1968. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar10. GOLDSMITHLANDAW JRSA: Carbon monoxide and human health. Science 162: 1352, 1968. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11. The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Public Health Service Review: 1967, Public Health Service Publication No. 1696, U. S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. 1968, p. 64. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: JOHN R. GOLDSMITH, M.D. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byCarbon monoxide and a change of heartThe effects of cigarette smoke and nicotine on platelet thrombus formation in stenosed dog coronary arteries: inhibition with phentolamine.Expired air carbon monoxide and serum thiocyanate as objective measures of cigarette exposure.The effect of carbon monoxide on lipid metabolism of human coronary arteriesLipid metabolism in perfused human and dog coronary arteriesHypolipidemic AgentsDer Einfluß der chronischen Einwirkung von Kohlenoxyd auf den klinischen Zustand und biochemische Veränderungen im Serum exponierter Personen in Hinsicht auf die vorzeitige Entwicklung der AtheroskleroseHeart Rate and Carbon Monoxide Level After Smoking High-, Low-, and Non-Nicotine Cigarettes A Study in Male Patients with Angina PectorisWlLBERT S. ARONOW, M.D., F.A.C.P., JAMES DENDINGER, B.S., STANLEY N. ROKAW, M.D.Carbon Monoxide Uptake in Cigarette SmokingTests to Assess Effects of Low Levels of Air Pollutants on Human HealthIs Atherosclerosis a Disorder of Intramitochondrial Respiration?ARTHUR F. WHEREAT, M.D., F.A.C.P. 1 July 1969Volume 71, Issue 1Page: 199-201KeywordsCarbon monoxideCoronary artery heart diseaseCoronary heart diseaseEpidemiologyMortalityProspective studies ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1969 PDF downloadLoading ...