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Revista Colombiana de Cardiología
Print version ISSN 0120-5633
Abstract
HIGUERA, Sergio A.; HERNANDEZ-DELGADO, Laura M. and VESGA, Boris E.. Acute coronary syndrome in young adults subjected to coronary angiography. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2020, vol.27, n.2, pp.77-83. Epub Oct 30, 2020. ISSN 0120-5633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2018.08.002.
Objective:
To describe the risk factors and clinical, electrocardiographic, and angiographic characteristics of young adults that suffer from acute coronary syndromes and have been subjected to a coronary angiography due to this diagnosis.
Methods:
A retrospective, cross-sectional study was performed by reviewing the clinical records of patients between 18 and 50 years-old with an acute coronary syndrome in a Interventional Cardiology institution in Bucaramanga, Colombia.
Results and conclusions:
A total of 128 cases were identified, with a median age of 45 years, and the large majority (80.4%) male. The median time in the clinic was 7 hours. The most frequent risk factor was overweight (71.3% of cases). The majority of cases corresponded to an infarction with elevated ST segment (44% of cases). Coronary disease was identified in 60.9% of cases, and 55.1% with multiple vessel coronary disease. The most frequent reperfusion treatment was percutaneous coronary intervention by means of coronary angioplasty with the implantation of a conventional coronary stent (60.25% of cases). The in-hospital mortality was 2.34%. The excess weight as the main risk factor observed, shows the importance of population interventions directed at controlling its prevalence. The increased frequency of infarctions with elevated ST segment and multiple vessel coronary disease highlights the risk of these patients, and the importance of their early and rapid care.
Keywords : Myocardial infarction; Young adult; Coronary angiography; Overweight.