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| Title: | Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults: Prevalence, Clinical Background and In-Hospital Outcomes with Particular Reference to Socio-Economic Influences a Middle Eastern Tertiary Center Experience |
| Authors: | Ghada Shalaby1*, Sheeren Khaled2, Najeeb Jaha3, Samah Adel Almatrafi4, Shahad Alzahrani5, Abdulwahab Bin Melaih5, Rasha Abdulaziz Mandili6, Mohammed Abdulrahman AlAhmadi6 and Fatma Aboul-Enein7 |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Keywords: | Not Available |
| Journal: | Journal of Cardiology Research Review & Reports |
| Volume: | Not Available |
| Issue: | Not Available |
| Pages: | Not Available |
| Publisher: | Not Available |
| Local/International: | International |
| Paper Link: | Not Available |
| Full paper | Shereen Mohamed Khalid_Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Adults.pdf |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
| Abstract: |
Background: Acute myocardial infarction in young individuals can cause death and disability in early life and has serious consequences for the patients, their family causing an increased economic burden on health system. Identifying the risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in this group of people is necessary for risk factor modification and developing cost-effective secondary prevention strategies as young. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence, clinical background and in-hospital outcome of AMI among young (age ≤45 years) adults and its socioeconomic burden. Results: All Acute myocardial infarction patients during the period from 2016-2019 were divided into two groups: young adults (age≤45) and older adults (age>45). Age data were available for 3081 patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction. Out of these 593 (19%) patients were young adults with mean age of 39±6.2 whilst 2488 (80.7%) were older adults with mean age of 60±9. Young adult Patients were more of male gender (92% vs 82%, p |
