Cigarette Smoking and Oxidative Stress in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease

2016116 citationsJournal Articlediamond Open Access

Authors

Gordana Kamceva

Zorica Arsova‐Sarafinovska · Institute of public health of Republic of Macedonia

Tatjana Ruskovska · Goce Delcev University

Milka Zdravkovska · Goce Delcev University

Lidija Kamceva-Panova · International Slavic Institute

Елисавета Стикова · Institute of public health of Republic of Macedonia

Abstract

Smoking as a risk factor for CAD is closely associated with increased oxidative stress, and the number of cigarettes smoked plays an important role in increasing the level of oxidative damage and reducing antioxidant defence.

Topics & Keywords

Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative Stress Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiovascular, Neuropeptides, and Oxidative Stress Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volume 4, Issue 4, pp. 636-640

DOI: 10.3889/oamjms.2016.117

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