Clinical and biochemical factors associated with prognosis after myocardial infarction at a young age

Prothrombotic genetic risk factors and myocardial infarction at young age.

We have read with interest the report by Ardissino et al,1 which concludes that the presence of the PlA2 polymorphic allele is the only prothrombotic genetic factor associated with the risk of myocardial infarction at a young age. These authors find a significant interaction between the presence of the PlA2 allele and smoking. We studied 178 men younger than 50 years old who were diagnosed with...

The comparison of clinical signs presentation in middle age men and women with myocardial infarction

Introduction: Acute myocardial infarction (MI) indicates irreversible myocardial injury resulting in necrosis of a significant portion of myocardium. MI is associated with high mortality. The difference between the signs of MI in each gender is unclear. The aim of this study was to describe gender-associated differences in symptom presentation after acute MI. Methods: This analytic-descri...

Myocardial infarction in young adults: risk factors, clinical characteristics and prognosis according to our experience.

OBJECTIVES Myocardial infarction is a relatively unusual phenomenon in young subjects. The aim if this work is to characterize the risk profile and factors influencing outcomes of these patients since it makes possible to manage prevention interventions. PATIENTS AND METHODS We examined cardiovascular risk factors, clinical presentation, angiographic picture and outcome of a group of young pa...

Review: after myocardial infarction, depression and poor prognosis are associated.

Factors associated with prehospital delay in patients with acute myocardial infarction

Introduction: Treatment of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is time related, so delay in treatment could affect prognosis. Recognizing pre-hospital or in-hospital delays in initiating treatment and reducing these factors is very efficacious in treatment of these patients. Methods: A cross sectional study was carried out on 227 patients with acute myocardial infarction. Demographi...