Coronary lesion type, location, and characteristics of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction in young adults under 35 years of age

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-347

  Colkesen, Abdurrahman Yucel ^a   Acil, Tayfun ^a   Demircan, Senol ^a   Sezgin, Alpay T ^a   Muderrisoglu, Haldun ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute ST elevation myocardial infarction; Coronary lesion; Risk factors; Young adult

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 58149133771     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3283030b3b     Document Type: Article

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