ASSOCIATION OF HYPERHOMOCYSTINEMIA WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN YOUNG PATIENTS

Abstract

The relative risk of developing coronary artery
disease (CAD) in Pakistani population is highest in
early ages. The pathogenesis of arterial thrombotic
disease involves multiple genetic and environmental
factors related to atherosclerosis and thrombosis.

Homocysteine is a simple amino acid that has
recently received a great deal of attention as a risk
factor for atherothrombotic vascular disease.

Hence hyperhomocystinemia, a thrombotic marker
which is being classified as a proximate risk factor,
may act synergistically with other classical risk
factors to accentuate the risk of CAD in young
population.