[An analysis of acute myocardial infarction in women aged 40 or less.]
Shu-Juan Cheng1, Jian-Yu Wang, Hong-Bing Yan
1Department of Cardiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital Affiliated to the Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing 100029, China.
Objective:
To analyze the clinical characteristics and angiographic features of myocardial infarction in women aged 40 or less.
Methods:
The clinical information and angiographic images of 13 young female patients with myocardial infarction treated in Beijing Anzhen Hospital during the past 6 years were collected and analyzed.
Results:
The traditional risk factors especially hypertension and dyslipidaemia were more frequent in young female patients with myocardial infarction. Women were more likely to experience angina as their first symptom. Most of the patients did not seek medical service in early time. An infarct related artery and an obviously complex coronary lesion were found in all (100%) the cases (left anterior descending 50%). Two vessel diseases were prevalent in these patients.
Conclusions:
Young female patients with myocardial infarction are characterized by a higher rate of modifiable risk factors. They often have severe coronary lesion and multivessel disease.
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