Efecto del tabaquismo en el desarrollo de riesgo cardiovascular

Abstract

Abstract: Smoking constitutes one of the most serious health problems in the world. It affects the entire human body and causes diseases that significantly reduce the time and quality of life of the people who consume it. Despite the ample clinical evidence of the conditions associated with smoking, there is no awareness of the real problem that tobacco constitutes for health. Among the main conditions related to smoking are cardiovascular diseases, in this way the general objective of this research work is to determine by means of a bibliographic review the effect of smoking on the development of cardiovascular risk, for which, a search for articles in two scientific databases, Pubmed and Clinical Key, where a search equation was used and inclusion and exclusion criteria were applied, to finally select twelve articles.The analysis and comparison of the articles as a conclusion shows that tobacco is closely related to the development of cardiovascular diseases. There has been evidence of an increase in death of up to three times the risk of sudden cardiac arrest in smokers and even the consumption of a daily snuff increases the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases.