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Abstract
I N T R 0 D U C T I 0 N
l11 1 event years, coronary hea.t·t disease I CllDJ
ll!OI e in young age groups (Ber gst: t ,-·ttJd t•l_
1978:
l~-18():
Dav:is et al. 1974; Dolder & Oliver. 197:i: Gohlk”-’ t--•t
IJh I F’rnr·ell. 1983). Brion H1ot (19861 rer:•<:•JI.!-’d ar1
JltC” 1dence c•t 8’t> ot young ruyocardial infctrcts (MI) com~·drect t(, li~)”,,
’,f n1Jrlri!e aged & 27% •Jf elderly infarcts. 92% of the young gr<Al/’
welt:! rnn.les CCJinpared to 78% of the middle--aged group & 60’1, ol t:lw
eldt’I ly gtr:out• ot M!. Previous results made in 1981 by LdtrJJII. Wt-:>l e
that 4-6Sb of a l I acute myocardial infarctions (AMI) occm· in
males under the age of 40. AMI was the 4th highest cause of death
1n males between the age of 25 & 40 years 1n 1979 1n the Fedet·aJ
Rep1Jbl1c GerJrtdtly (StatJstisches Bundesamt. 1981)
rt”lat”ive
pc.tentia.l
low fteqttency of Ml in the young population.
f•.)r death and long-term disability make this entity an
IJII~orlarlt cliriical problem.
ThPre IS relative paucity of information conce1t1inq llt<’
tea.tures. rtatLtral history and prognosis 1 n yottllL1
pat:J8nt·s with AMI. Angiographic studies have demonstratert less
coronnYY artery disease (CAD) lfl young MI than In elder 1 y ortt~~:;.
We that. young patients with AMI no~ c>tlh
have difterent pr·esenting features. but also a more favotll tthl···
t’O’Ct:t ly dnd la.te pt·ugnos1s than their older counterparts.
Accrudltigly, ”’ lhe present study, we divided a larqe ’ltnup
’-•! J•a.•:tetJt~3 wtth AMI iJtto 2 subsets. defined by age (40 Y<>tt·-·~J.
t(, e.xctlllllle 111 detail fefltur·es. morbidity and mortalit