Cor Vasa 2009, 51(11-12):821-823 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2009.197
Acute myocardial infarction in a young woman
- 1 Kardiologické oddělení Interní kliniky, Pardubická krajská nemocnice a. s.
- 2 Kardio-Troll, Pardubice, Česká republika
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) belongs to the most serious clinical manifestations of coronary heart disease and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates, with patients being usually over 45 years old; in younger patients, it occurs less often.
According to literary data, the proportion of young patients (< 40 years) is in the range 2-10%. In patients < 30 years, AMI occurs rarely (up to 1% of all cases), with males significantly predominating among the younger age brackets.
We report on the case of a young female patient with AMI, probably secondary to accelerated atherosclerosis in the presence of a -cluster of established risk factors.
Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Accelerated atherosclerosis; Risk factors; Myocardial infarction in females
Published: November 1, 2009 Show citation
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