Pattern of coronary artery disease with no risk factors under age 35 years.

Background: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is no more deemed to be an ailment of the 4th or 5th decade; rather an earlier age incidence is not infrequently encountered in our population. However, there are a few data regarding CAD in young adults, and much about its underlying pathology still remains undetermined. The objective of this study was to delineate the coronary arterial disease pattern in adults under the age of 35 years, but having no known coronary risk factors.