Young men more likely to die from heart attacks on
weekends
With heart-related ailments becoming
more and more common among the younger crowd, a new study has suggested that
the chances of young men dying of heart attack during the weekend are higher
than women. The research comes close on the heels of the untimely demise of
Fiorentina captain and Italy international Davide Astori, who died at the age
of 31 on March 4, 2018.
Astori was found dead, reportedly of
cardiac arrest on Sunday when the players gathered in the dining room for
breakfast before the Serie A game against Udinese, which was later suspended. While
heart attacks are different from cardiac arrests, the former increases the risk
of the latter by a huge margin. The two distinct heart conditions are
interlinked.
According to the research from the
University of Milan, Italy young men were more susceptible to the "weekend
effect", with a 15 percent increased risk of death compared to 11 percent
for women.
This may be because patients
admitted at weekends may have to wait longer for reperfusion therapy to open
occluded arteries and restore blood flow, the researchers said.
"The delay in reperfusion
during weekends may be more important in younger patients," added lead
author Giovanni Malanchini, from the varsity.
"This is usually their first
acute coronary syndrome and they are not receiving aspirin, drugs to lower
cholesterol (statins), or drugs to lower blood pressure (angiotensin-converting
enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers). This could make them more
vulnerable," Malanchini added.
Further, the risk of dying during a
weekend admission got progressively greater as age declined.
08.03.2018
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