Premature Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: Trends in Incidence, Risk Factors, and Sex-Related Differences, 2000 to 2016.

ABSTRACT: Background The incidence of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease has declined in the past 2 decades. However, these benefits may not extend to young patients. The objective of this work was to assess temporal trends in the incidence, risk profiles, sex-related differences, and outcomes in a contemporary population of young patients presenting with coronary artery disease ( CAD ) in British Columbia, Canada. Methods and Results We used a provincial cardiac registry to identify young patients (men aged <50 years, women aged <55 years), with a first presentation of CAD between 2000 and 2016, who had either ≥50% stenosis of ≥1 coronary arteries on angiography or underwent coronary revascularization. A total of 12 519 patients (30% women) met our inclusion criteria. The incidence of CAD remai

SUBMITTER: Vikulova DN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6662126 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature