TRIBUNJOGJA.COM – Who says it heart disease only happens to the elderly? In fact, today there are also many young people who have heart attacks.
Heart disease should not be underestimated because this disease can cause death. And share youngsters do not think that you are too young to suffer from this deadly disease.
Even though it is best that heart disease can be watched out for or anticipated as early as possible.
Launching the NIH, in the United States the average age of patients for the first time having a heart attack due to atheroclerotic blockages (cholesterol deposits in the walls of the coronary arteries of the heart) is indeed 65 years.
However, as many as 4-10 percent of reported cases occur at young age under 45 years and are dominated by men.
Approximately 60 percent of cases of young adults are affected by just one coronary artery, while those in older age tend to affect 2-3 coronary arteries.
Summarize Medical News Today, number of cases or sufferers heart disease in America as a whole it actually continues to decline.
But unfortunately, the number of sufferers heart disease under the age of 40 was found to be increasing.
Over the past few decades, aging has been identified as one of the biggest risk factors for heart attack, typically affecting men 50 and older and women 65 and older.
But now, people in their 20s, 30s and 40s are reported to be more frequent victims of cardiovascular disease.
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