Young women with acute myocardial infarction experience different mechanisms of coronary disease and worse recoveries, with higher morbidity and mortality compared with similarly aged men.
This review highlights the unique epidemiology, diagnosis, and management challenges of acute myocardial infarction in young women, emphasizing their higher risk for morbidity and mortality compared to similarly aged men.
In recent years, there has been growing public awareness and increasing attention to young women with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), who represent an extreme phenotype. Young women presenting with AMI may develop coronary disease by different mechanisms and often have worse recoveries, with higher risk for morbidity and mortality compared with similarly aged men. The purpose of this cardiovascular perspective piece is to review recent studies of AMI in young women. More specifically, we emphasize differences in the epidemiology, diagnosis, and management of AMI in young women (when compared with men) across the continuum of care, including their pre-AMI, in-hospital, and post-AMI periods, and highlight gaps in knowledge and outcomes that can inform the next generation of research.
Dreyer et al. (Wed,) conducted a review in Acute myocardial infarction. Young women vs. Similarly aged men was evaluated. Young women with acute myocardial infarction experience different mechanisms of coronary disease and worse recoveries, with higher morbidity and mortality compared with similarly aged men.
Synapse has enriched 5 closely related papers on similar clinical questions. Consider them for comparative context: