#DrKKAnswers: Prevalence of significant coronary blockages is lower in younger women presenting with chest pain than in men. In 3% of young patients with heart attack, the coronaries may be normal. Most of them have blockages less than 40% or mild irregularities in the coronary arteries leading to acute heart attack because of plaque rupture and thrombus formation.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
#AskDrKK: Can a young person with heart attack have normal coronary arteries?
#DrKKAnswers: Prevalence of significant coronary blockages is lower in younger women presenting with chest pain than in men. In 3% of young patients with heart attack, the coronaries may be normal. Most of them have blockages less than 40% or mild irregularities in the coronary arteries leading to acute heart attack because of plaque rupture and thrombus formation.
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