Premature Myocardial Infarction: A Rising Threat
Myocardial infarction mostly presents with atypical signs and symptoms and has different risk factors in young individuals compared to older individuals. These risk factors are often preventable, therefore recognizing them and taking precautions can save these patients from suffering myocardial infa...
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| author | Meral Kayikcioglu Hasan Selçuk Ozkan Burcu Yagmur |
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| description | Myocardial infarction mostly presents with atypical signs and symptoms and has different risk factors in young individuals compared to older individuals. These risk factors are often preventable, therefore recognizing them and taking precautions can save these patients from suffering myocardial infarction. Scarcity of studies and lack of guidelines for assessment and management of young MI patients, make it more challenging for these individuals to get accurate medical care, even though MI in this age group is on the rise. Traditional risk factors, such as smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, male sex, obesity, and family history of premature cardiovascular disease, contribute to the risk of myocardial infarction at a young age, but additional non-traditional risk factors, such as substance abuse, thrombophilia, coronary anomalies, immune disease, allergic reactions, and psychological stressors, uniquely contribute to the risk profile of young individuals. This review is aimed to discuss and guide the risk factor assessment for the development of myocardial infarction in young individuals based on current evidence and our >20-year of experience in Young Myocardial Infarction Clinic. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8adff7251db046779a21380c6d1725c72023-02-15T16:15:20ZengGalenos Publishing HouseBalkan Medical Journal2146-31232146-31312022-03-01392839510.4274/balkanmedj.galenos.2022-2-19Premature Myocardial Infarction: A Rising ThreatMeral Kayikcioglu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3692-5227Hasan Selçuk Ozkan1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5282-6179Burcu Yagmur2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7120-4698Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, TurkeyDepartment of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ege University, Izmir, TurkeyMyocardial infarction mostly presents with atypical signs and symptoms and has different risk factors in young individuals compared to older individuals. These risk factors are often preventable, therefore recognizing them and taking precautions can save these patients from suffering myocardial infarction. Scarcity of studies and lack of guidelines for assessment and management of young MI patients, make it more challenging for these individuals to get accurate medical care, even though MI in this age group is on the rise. Traditional risk factors, such as smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, male sex, obesity, and family history of premature cardiovascular disease, contribute to the risk of myocardial infarction at a young age, but additional non-traditional risk factors, such as substance abuse, thrombophilia, coronary anomalies, immune disease, allergic reactions, and psychological stressors, uniquely contribute to the risk profile of young individuals. This review is aimed to discuss and guide the risk factor assessment for the development of myocardial infarction in young individuals based on current evidence and our >20-year of experience in Young Myocardial Infarction Clinic.https://balkanmedicaljournal.org/text.php?lang=en&id=2384 |
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| title | Premature Myocardial Infarction: A Rising Threat |
| title_full | Premature Myocardial Infarction: A Rising Threat |
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