Long‐term prognosis of young patients after myocardial infarction in the thrombolytic era

• Published in: Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) Vol. 20; no. 12; pp. 993 - 998
• Main Authors: Füllhaas, Jörg‐Uwe, Rickenbacher, Peter, Pfisterer, Matthias, Ritz, Rudolf
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.12.1997; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiology. Vascular system; Clinical Investigation; Clinical Investigationss; coronary angioplasty; Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary heart disease; Female; Fibrinolytic Agents - therapeutic use; Follow-Up Studies; Heart; Hospital Mortality; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Morbidity; myocardial infarction; Myocardial Infarction - diagnosis; Myocardial Infarction - mortality; Myocardial Infarction - therapy; Myocardial Reperfusion - methods; Prognosis; Retrospective Studies; Survival Rate; Switzerland - epidemiology; thrombolysis; Thrombolytic Therapy; young age; Switzerland; Human; Prognosis; Infarct; Coronary artery; Instrumentation therapy; Cardiovascular disease; Instrumental dilatation; Coronary heart disease; Myocardial disease; Chemotherapy; Treatment; Follow up study; Young adult; Myocardium; Fibrinolytic

Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) in young adults is a rare event. In the Framingham study, the 10‐year incidence rate of MI per 1,000 was 12.9 in men 30–34 years old. Overall, 4–8% of patients with acute MI are ≤ 40 years old. Hypothesis: It was the purpose of this study to assess the in‐hospi...