Myocardial Infarction in the Young: A Retrospective Clinical Registry Study

Major adverse cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular events (MACCE) and all-cause of death

Myocardial infarction (MI) affects ~57,000 Australians every year and almost half a million Australians have had a heart attack at some point in their lives. While mortality after MI has been declining over the last few decades, it is in the group of young patients that it has lagged. Data on the biological and pathophysiological factors related to MI in the young is scarce. In addition, there are gaps in quality of care due to the perceived risk for MI being low. The study aims to characterise the clinical presentation, risk factors, angiography findings, underlying aetiology, quality of care and sex differences, of young patients with MI (age <50 years). This is an investigator-initiated, observational, single-centre clinical registry study. Approximately 500 patients under the age of 50 years with MI will be recruited retrospectively from Westmead Hospital.