Clinical Trial: Biomarkers Predicting Acute Myocardial Infraction in Patients Without Standard Modifiable Risk Factors
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Cardiovascular Diseases
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Association of Clinical, Laboratory and Imaging Biomarkers With the Occurrence of Acute Myocardial Infraction in Patients Without Standard Modifiable Risk Factors (The Beyond-SMuRFs Study)
Brief Summary:
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide.Every year, millions of people suffer its most adverse manifestation, an acute myocardial infraction (AMI).The majority of these patients present at least one of the standard modifiable risk factors (SMuRFs).These include smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes mellitus (DM).However, emerging scientific evidence recognizes a clinically significant proportion of patients presenting with life-threatening AMI without any SMuRF…
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