We have seen the precise opposite, with a marked drop in coronary events,
particularly STEMIs. I suspect that most of the young events are cocaine
related.
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From: Accident and Emergency Academic List
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Sent: 18 May 2007 15:38
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Subject: Re: ACS in younger patients
From: "Dunn Matthew Dr. (RJC) A & E - SwarkHosp-TR"
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>We've been having a bit of a rash lately of ACS in patients in their
>30s/
>early 40s (we are a low ACS area- normally reperfuse about 50 patients a
>year). Anyone else been having the same thing?
--> Do you mean like "is there a virus going round"?
;-)
We're not too far from you and no such spate has been commented on.
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