Study shows sudden cardiac attacks in people under age of 35

MORE than 70 people under the age of 35 died from sudden cardiac attacks in a 10-year period to 2002, a study carried out in Dublin has found.

The study, carried out on behalf of the charity group Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY), found that from January 1993 to the end of 2002, 20 people died due to atherosclerotic coronary heart disease, or a heart attack, 13 died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADs), six died from cardiac arrhythmia, while seven cases had no specific diagnosis. The remaining cases were due to Myocarditis, aortic rupture, Marfans Syndrome and one case of infective endocarditis. There was one case of cardiomyopathy associated with cocaine use.

The study focussed on Dublin City only and is published in the Irish Medical Journal.