[Acute myocardial infarction in young smokers treated by coronary angioplasty. In-hospital prognosis and long-term outcome in a consecutive series of 93 patients].

Aims Of The Study: The study evaluated in-hospital and long-term outcome of patients less than 50 years old with myocardial infarction within 12 hours after symptom onset treated by coronary angioplasty.

Patients And Method: This is a retrospective study with survival analysis by Kaplan-Meier method in patients included from December 2003 to February 2008.

Results: We included 93 patients aged 42,8+/-5,2 years old with smoking estimated at 27,7+/-12,7 pack-years.