Half of Heart Attacks in Younger Women Aren't From Clogged Arteries

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3. Like any muscle the heart requires a certain amount of oxygen.

“Supply-demand mismatch is fundamentally a marker of severe systemic illness rather than a primary cardiac event, and its prognosis is largely driven by the underlying noncardiac disease burden.”


https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/more-than-half-heart-attacks-younger-women-have-2025a1000ob0


"For example, both hypoxia and anemia can decrease oxygen carrying capacity, leading to an imbalance secondary to supply mismatch. This may result in ischemia, which, if severe enough, may lead to myocardial cell death with symptoms and/or ECG changes."


https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/more-than-half-heart-attacks-younger-women-have-2025a1000ob0

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