Comparison of angiographic findings, risk factors, and long term follow-up between young and old patients with a history of myocardial infarction

Comparison of angiographic findings, risk factors, and long term follow-up between young and old patients with a history of myocardial infarction

We compared the angiographic findings, coronary risk factors and five years prognosis in 200 patients ≤45, and 260 patients >45 years old who where admitted with an acute myocardial infarction. We found that family history and smoking were the most common risk factors in patients ≤45 years old P...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of cardiology 1998-11, Vol.67 (1), p.75-80
Hauptverfasser: Garoufalis, Stefanos, Kouvaras, George, Vitsias, George, Perdikouris, Kyriakos, Markatou, Paraskevi, Hatzisavas, Jhon, Kassinos, Neophytos, Karidis, Kostas, Foussas, Stefanos
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Sprache:eng
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Adult
Age Factors
Angiographic findings
Biological and medical sciences
Cardiology. Vascular system
Case-Control Studies
Coronary Angiography
Coronary heart disease
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Myocardial infarction
Myocardial Infarction - diagnostic imaging
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Prognosis
Risk Factors
Time Factors
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Zusammenfassung:We compared the angiographic findings, coronary risk factors and five years prognosis in 200 patients ≤45, and 260 patients >45 years old who where admitted with an acute myocardial infarction. We found that family history and smoking were the most common risk factors in patients ≤45 years old P
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00194-6