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Smoking and Adverse Outcomes in Fibromuscular Dysplasia

2016; Elsevier BV; Volume: 67; Issue: 14 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jacc.2016.01.058

1558-3597

Sarah O’Connor, Heather L. Gornik, James B. Froehlich, Xiaokui Gu, Bruce H. Gray, Pamela D. Mace, Aditya Sharma, Jeffrey W. Olin, Esther S.H. Kim,

Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging

The pathophysiology of fibromuscular dysplasia (FMD) is unknown; however, smoking has been implicated as a potential contributing factor [(1,2)][1]. Prior studies have shown a higher prevalence of smoking among those with renal FMD compared with matched hypertensive control subjects [(3)][2]. The