Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in young adults: Who is at risk?

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 238-244

  Bajaj, Sharad ^a   Shamoon, Fayez ^a   Gupta, Nishant ^a   Parikh, Rupen ^a   Parikh, Neil ^c   Debari, Vincent A ^b   Hamdan, Aiman ^a   Bikkina, Mahesh ^a  

^a ST JOSEPH S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b University School of Health and Medical Sciences   (United States)

^c St George's University School of Medicine   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Coronary artery disease; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in young; young adults; young myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955593465     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e3283452e7f     Document Type: Article

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