1994
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.1994.35.2.184
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Acute myocardial infarction in the young adults

Abstract: A review was done on 631 patients with acute myocardial infarction who underwent coronary angiography within 30 days after onset of myocardial infarction at Yonsei University Severance Hospital from January, 1985, to August, 1993. The incidence of acute myocardial infarction in patients under 40 years of age was 10.3% (65/631). Acute myocardial infarction below the fourth decades was the predominant disease of men. Risk factor analysis revealed a history of cigarette smoking and hypercholesterolemia were more … Show more

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“…Tobacco consumption is alarmingly high in young patients as shown by our study, which is as high as 68.9%. Many studies conducted across the globe in similar group of patients 7,9,17,18 have also found high rates of tobacco use among young CAD patients with percentage ranging from 70-90. Recent studies done in our centre by Tamrakar et al 14 showed that 64.3% of the patients consumed tobacco.…”
Section: -10% Of Myocardial Infarctions (Mi) Occur In Patients Youngermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Tobacco consumption is alarmingly high in young patients as shown by our study, which is as high as 68.9%. Many studies conducted across the globe in similar group of patients 7,9,17,18 have also found high rates of tobacco use among young CAD patients with percentage ranging from 70-90. Recent studies done in our centre by Tamrakar et al 14 showed that 64.3% of the patients consumed tobacco.…”
Section: -10% Of Myocardial Infarctions (Mi) Occur In Patients Youngermentioning
confidence: 99%
“…У популацији наших старијих болесника предњи инфаркт је чешћи у односу на доњи, што налазе и друге студије 21 . Међутим, неке студије су показале да је у старијих особа са инфарктом, просечне старости која одговара старости наших болесника, доњи инфаркт био чешћи (44%) у односу на предњи (42,7%) 8 .…”
Section: душан миљковићunclassified
“…Hwa Chen (24), такође налази значајно чешће једносудовну болест, у млађих од 45, у односу на старије од 45 година, 41,3% vs 30,1%, док је тросудовна болест значајно мања постојала у млађих у односу на старије 25,6% vs 38,2%, што је у сагласности са нашим налазима. Hong (21) такође налази чешће једносудовну болест код млађих, у односу на старије, 56,9% vs 47,9% али и сигнификантнио чешће вишесудовну болест у старијих 45,2% vs 20,2%.…”
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“…Despite the increase in the incidence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in young patients, the acute myocardial infarction is still rare in this age range 1 . Even in this group, the atherosclerotic etiology is by far the main cause of ischemic heart disease and we tend to treat all patients in a standardized way and forget that, in this group of patients, the non-atherosclerotic etiology must be considered.…”
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confidence: 99%