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Characteristics and outcomes of young patients with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention: retrospective analysis in a multiethnic Asian population.

Benjamin Wei Liang TungZhe Yan NgWilliam KristantoKalyar Win SawSiew-Pang ChanWinnie SiaKoo Hui ChanMark ChanWilliam KongRonald LeeJoshua P LohAdrian F LowKian Keong PohEdgar TayHuay Cheem TanTiong-Cheng YeoPoay Huan Loh
Published in: Open heart (2021)
Young patients with STEMI are more often smokers, of Indian ethnicity and had family history of IHD, although cardiometabolic risk factors are also prevalent. Mortality is lower, but not negligible, among the young patients with STEMI. Public health efforts are needed to reduce the prevalence of these risk factors among the constitutionally susceptible population.
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