2006-07-16 18:34:09 · 12 answers · asked by Suzy Suzee Sue 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
like in your twenties?
2006-07-16 18:37:02 · update #1
....To all who've answered so far. Thanks, and I think this was also a good answer I found. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/;_ylt=Ag6dJAHl9ceAkzd5N4Nry9ojzKIX?qid=20060707124340AAJrdk6
2006-07-16 18:43:48 · update #2
www.merginet.com/clinical/cardiac/CAinYoungPeople.cfm
Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young
June 2004, MERGINET – A study of sudden cardiac arrest among young people by Dr. Robert E. Eckart, a Brooke Army Medical Center cardiologist, found that the primary causes were cardiac arrhythmia and a structural problem in the coronary arteries.
Eckart told a HealthDay reporter that the condition of coronary arteries that take off from the aorta in an abnormal fashion was the leading cause of sudden cardiac death. The second leading cause was the development of arrhythmia. Eckart said both were genetic problems.
Abnormal muscle thickening of the heart had been thought to be the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young people.
Eckart studied collected data on 6.3 million military recruits over a 25-year period, and found 127 sudden cardiac arrest deaths.
As a result of this study, Eckart said he now treats young adults who complain of chest pain with an electrocardiogram (EKG) first and an examination of the coronary arteries to check for abnormalities.
2006-07-16 18:41:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is unfortunately. I was 49 and I had two heart attacks.
I was 95% closed. It was due in part to all the second hand smoke I inhaled , the stress going on in my life, the food I ate
plus my family history. I now have 3 stents in my valves.
I now try to led a healthier life. I try hard to watch what I eat and try to stay away from second hand smoke and I don't let things bother me any more its not worth it.
2006-07-18 06:37:18 · answer #2 · answered by ARRIVE ALIVE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
concept that heart failure occurs @ later stages of life has almost ended. because it has been made clear that heart attack is being followed by stress hypertension & sedentary life style & lack of exeercise which is very common in youth. Thereby heart attack is no more at late fifties or sixties can occur at any stage of life. clinically i have seen male patient having MI at the age of 14 in India.
2006-07-17 03:42:40 · answer #3 · answered by vikram sobti 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It certainly is. A kid I went to school with popped his clogs with a heart attack at the ripe old age of 14. He was just playing soccer in the street.
2006-07-16 18:39:07 · answer #4 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually this occurs in patients with a congenital hyperlipemia or hypercholesterolemia. Yes, I have treated patients in the early twenties.
2006-07-17 03:56:38 · answer #5 · answered by ringocox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, o f course it is. A neighbor of mine was under 18 and had to have heart surgery......
2006-07-16 18:37:14 · answer #6 · answered by bettyboop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, there are many heart ailments that can cause you to have them. Also, some medicines can cause it as a side affect.
2006-07-16 18:39:23 · answer #7 · answered by embezz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2006-07-16 18:38:31 · answer #8 · answered by crazyhumans1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , it is caused by genetic and also stressful life style
2006-07-17 01:20:42 · answer #9 · answered by lucky 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes .sure.this may happen either suddenly with no previous heart illness.or it may be if the person had suffered heart illness before
2006-07-17 00:29:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋