Stroke and acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in young Indonesian women

Abstract

Stroke in the young was thought uncommon, estimated at a proportion of only 3 to 5%. However, in the last two decades it was considered not so uncommon, and probably higher in the developing countries. From two studies in Indonesia the occurrence was 11 and 14%. Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in the young was also considered uncommon, estimated at 7%. But, in the end of the last decade it rose to 17%, and estimated lesser in women. In this study there was a tendency that stroke (235 patients) is more prevalent than AMI (21 patients) in young women.