Younger smokers over eight times more likely to have heart attack. Why and what can be done?

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor Dr. James Rudd is joined by Dr Ever Grech from South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Sheffield, UK. They discuss Dr Grech’s innovative study design, why younger smokers have >8 times the risk of heart attack than older patients and what can be done about this. Read the full article and related editorial here: http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/31/heartjnl-2016-309595.full

http://heart.bmj.com/content/early/2016/10/31/heartjnl-2016-310687.full