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ArticleCureus2024

Increasing Incidence of Coronary Artery Disease in Younger Men: Case Study of a 39-Year-Old.

Jad Elgaali, Patrick Coello de la Cruz, Syed I Hussaini, Mehjabeen Naseer

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Article in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jad ElgaaliClinical Department, Saint James School of Medicine, The Quarter, AIA.
Patrick Coello de la CruzMedicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Catholic University of Valencia, San Vicente Mártir, Valencia, ESP.
Syed I HussainiInternal Medicine, Insight Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, USA.
Mehjabeen NaseerInternal Medicine, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death globally. While it is usually diagnosed after years of declining health or after a myocardial infarction (MI), we found that patients can be asymptomatic, posing a latent and life-threatening risk. We present the case of a man less than 40 years old, in whom heart disease was incidentally discovered during a CT scan performed for an unrelated condition. We examine the most common causes of CAD, the pathophysiology and discuss potential methods to screen for it before patients are in need of urgent or emergent interventional care due to an MI or other ischemic events. We also discuss the risk factors, many of which are modifiable, as well as the financial burden CAD places on the healthcare system and the patient. This case report contributes to the body of knowledge in the field of cardiology by bringing forward and emphasizing that CAD is no longer solely a disease of the elderly and that we need to begin rethinking how and when we screen for the leading cause of death in the world.

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adult cardiologycoronary artery diseaseleft anterior descending stenosissignificant coronary artery diseasesingle vessel disease

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PMID39600548
PMCPMC11594535

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