In-Hospital and 12-Month Outcomes After Acute Coronary Syndrome Treatment in Patients Aged <40 Years of Age (from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes)

Risk factors, prognosis, and secondary prevention of myocardial infarction in young adults in Poland

“…The results obtained from the Polish Registry of Acute Coronary Syndromes (PL-ACS) by Trzeciak et al [4] are conflicting. Hypercholesterolaemia was more prevalent in older patients with MI than in the younger group (47.8% vs. 38.2%, respectively).…”

“…Yunyun et al [24] reported an even larger proportion of young patients (20.93%), while the prevalence of diabetes among patients with MI above the age of 60 years was 32.3%. Diabetes was reported by Trzeciak et al [4] to be present in 5.5% of patients with MI younger than 40 years and in 24.7% of those above that age.…”

“…Hypertension in young individuals was also found to be less common in those without coronary heart disease (44.3%). Data obtained from PL-ACS reports hypertension in 42.5% of young patients with MI and in 70.7% of individuals above 40 years [4].…”

“…Trzeciak et al [4] reported that in Poland women represent 16.1% of individuals below 40 years of age with MI.…”

“…Some of the latest studies from Poland are inconsistent with those data. Trzeciak et al [4] revealed that patients aged less than 40 years represent 1.2% of all patients with MI. However, if the age of 45 years would be established as the cut-off age the percentage of patients would increase to 3.2%, as estimated by Gierlotka et al [5].…”