Traditional risk factors and premature acute coronary syndromes in South Eastern Europe: a multinational cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The age-standardized death rates under 65 years from ischemic heart disease in South Eastern Europe are approximately twice as high than the Western Europe average, but the reasons are not completely recognized. The aim of the present study was to address this issue by collecting and analyzing data from a large, multinational cohort.

Methods

We enrolled 70,953 Caucasian patients with first acute coronary syndrome, from 36 urban hospital in 7 South Eastern European countries and assessed their life expectancy free of acute coronary syndrome and mortality within 30 days after hospital admission from acute coronary syndrome as estimated in relation to dichotomous categories of traditional risk factors (current smoking, hypertension, diabetes and hypercholesterolemia)

SUBMITTER: Bugiardini R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10928297 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature