Clinical characteristics and outcomes of young adults with first myocardial infarction: Results from Gulf COAST.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Limited data exists on the risk factor profile and outcomes of young patients suffering their first acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Methods

We examined 1562 Gulf-Arabs without prior cardiovascular disease presenting with first AMI enrolled in the Gulf COAST prospective cohort. Clinical characteristics were compared in patients ≤50 years of age (young) vs. >50 years (older). Associations between age group and in-hospital adverse events (re-infarction, heart failure, cardiogenic shock, cardiac arrest, stroke, and in-hospital death) or post-discharge mortality were estimated using logistic regression.

Results

Young patients represented 26.1% (n = 407) of first AMI cases and were more likely to be men (82.8% vs. 66.5%), current smokers (49.9% vs 19.0%), ob

SUBMITTER: Alfaddagh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7710649 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature