Open AccessAcute myocardial infarction in a 17-year-old Bangladeshi boy-possibility of existence of a Bangladeshi paradox
Author(s) -
Prabir Kumar Das,
Ferdous Hossain,
Mohammad Rezaul Karim
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2332-7251
pISSN - 2332-7243
DOI - 10.5430/crim.v3n3p62
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , diabetes mellitus , coronary artery disease , cardiology , risk factor , endocrinology
Coronary artery disease (CAD) and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are diseases of older age. AMI is uncommon in young age and rare in adolescence. A seventeen years old Bangladeshi boy developing acute anterior wall MI is described here. Risk factor analysis for CAD revealed absence of most of the conventional risk factors, like smoking, diabetes mellitus, hypertension. An elevated lipoprotein(a) and a low HDL cholesterol was detected in blood which are emerging risk factors of CAD in young Bangladeshis.