Despite a low incidence of AMI in young adults (<45 years) in Norway, nearly 10% experience death or recurrent cardiovascular events, highlighting the need for aggressive risk factor control.
The rate of AMI was low in people <45 years old in Norway, but almost one in ten patients with AMI <45 years old died or experienced a new cardiovascular event during follow-up. Increased efforts to improve risk factor control in these patients are warranted.
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