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

Clinical Cardiology
J U FüllhaasR Ritz

Abstract

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 < or = 40 years old. It was the purpose of this study to assess the in-hospital and long-term morbidity and mortality in patients < or = 40 years old with acute myocardial infarction compared with older patients in the thrombolytic era. A consecutive series of 75 patients aged < or = 40 years (mean 35.0 +/- 4.8) with acute myocardial infarction was compared with an equally sized group of patients aged > 40 years (mean 65.1 +/- 9.8). Thrombolysis or direct percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was performed in 52 versus 24% (p = 0.0004) and 5.3 versus 2.7% (p = NS) in younger and older patients, respectively. Significantly fewer young patients had multivessel disease (28 vs. 64%, p < 0.004). No in-hospital mortality was observed in patients with reperfusion therapy irrespective of age. After a mean followup time of 47 +/- 35 months, cardiac mortality was 0 and 11% (p < 0.03), respectively, in young and older patients with, and 3 versus 24% (p < 0.02) without reperfusion therapy, respectively. In addition, significantly...Continue Reading

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