[Coronary risk factors associated to acute myocardial infarct in 40-year-old or younger patients]

Acute myocardiac infarction (AMI) in young patients is not a common occurrence; between 3% and 7% of all AMIS occur in persons under 40. A number of Risk Factors (RF) have been identified as associated with this disease, although in this age group, smoking at 70%, is the most frequent RF, followed by cholesterol, also high-risk at 44.3%, diabetes and AHT, although important RFS, are less frequent in this age group. Familiarization with these Risk Factors will form the basis of primary prevention of this disease directed both at the population at large and at those individuals already identified as most at risk.