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Smoking cessation reduces mortality after coronary artery bypass surgery: a 20-year follow-up study

^a Thoraxcenter, University Hospital Rotterdam Dijkzigt, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 1 Flow-chart of the subdivision of the smoking habits of 1,041 consecutive patients who underwent a first CABG surgery between 1971 and 1980. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

View larger version (19K): [in a new window]   Figure 2 Twenty-year survival from all causes curves for patients who quit smoking after CABG, persistent smokers after CABG and nonsmokers. CABG = coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

View larger version (13K): [in a new window]   Figure 3 Twenty-year freedom from a coronary reintervention (coronary artery bypass graft surgery or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty) for patients who quit smoking and persistent smokers after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.