#DrKKAnswers: Young patients with heart attack usually have multiple risk factors. 90% of them have one or more traditional risk factors. Cigarette smoking is the most common and most modifiable risk factor in the young. It is seen in 65-92% young patients compared to 24-58% patients older than 45 years of age. Younger patients with heart diseases more often have a family history of premature heart disease. Almost 41% of them will have this history.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
#AskDrKK: What are the risk factors of heart diseases in the young?
#DrKKAnswers: Young patients with heart attack usually have multiple risk factors. 90% of them have one or more traditional risk factors. Cigarette smoking is the most common and most modifiable risk factor in the young. It is seen in 65-92% young patients compared to 24-58% patients older than 45 years of age. Younger patients with heart diseases more often have a family history of premature heart disease. Almost 41% of them will have this history.
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