RISK FACTORS IN YOUNG PATIENTS WITH MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION

Abstract

The prevailing risk factors for MI among young patients, compared with the elderly, are male sex, smoking and heredity burdened by the early onset of coronary heart disease. On the contrary, arterial hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus are more typical for the elderly. Nevertheless, more than half of the young patients had a history of hypertension. Attention is drawn to the high prevalence of dyslipidemia, overweight and obesity, as well as physical inactivity in both age groups. Thus, according to the study, the profile of risk factors for MI at a young age includes: male sex, smoking, heredity burdened by the early onset of coronary artery disease, hypertension, dyslipidemia, overweight and obesity, hypodynamia, thrombogenic orientation of the platelet link of hemostasis, endothelial dysfunction and the phenomenon of early vascular aging.