Impacts of smoking status on the clinical outcomes of coronary non-target lesions in patients with coronary heart disease:a single-center angiographic study

Background:Coronary atherosclerotic plaque could go through rapid progression and induce adverse cardiac events.This study aimed to evaluate the impacts of smoking status on clinical outcomes of coronary non-target lesions.Methods:Consecutive patients with coronary heart disease who underwent two serial coronary angiographies were included.All coronary non-target lesions were recorded at first coronary angiography and analyzed using quantitative coronary angiography at both procedures.Patients were grouped into non-smokers,quitters,and smokers according to their smoking status.Clinical outcomes including rapid lesion progression,lesion re-vascularization,and myocardial infarction were recorded at second coronary angiography.Multivariable Cox regression analysis was used to investigate the association between smoking status and clinical outcomes.Results:A total of 1255 patients and 1670 lesions were included.Smokers were younger and more likely to be male compared with nonsmokers.Increase in percent diameter stenosis was significantly lower(2.7[0.6,7.1]%vs.3.5[0.9,8.9]%)and 3.4[1.1,7.7]%,P=0.020)in quitters than those in smokers and non-smokers.Quitters tended to have a decreased incidence of rapid lesions progression(15.8%[76/482]vs.21.6%[74/342]and 20.6%[89/431],P=0.062),lesion re-vascularization(13.1%[63/482]vs.15.5%[53/432]and 15.5%[67/431],P=0.448),lesion-related myocardial infarction(0.8%[4/482]vs.2.6%[9/342]and 1.4%[6/431],P=0.110)and all-cause myocardial infarction(1.9%[9/482]vs.4.1%[14/342]and 2.3%[10/431],P=0.128)compared with smokers and non-smokers.In multivariable analysis,smoking status was not an independent predictor for rapid lesion progression,lesion re-vascularization,and lesion-related myocardial infarction except that a higher risk of all-cause myocardial infarction was observed in smokers than non-smokers(hazards ratio:3.00,95%confidence interval:1.04-8.62,P=0.042).Conclusion:Smoking cessation mitigates the increase in percent diameter stenosis of coronary non-target lesions,meanwhile,smokers are associated with increased risk for all-cause myocardial infarction compared with non-smokers.