2023-06-01 07:08:00
LGenetics seems to largely explain a form of infarction which mainly affects women under 60 years of age, in good health, according to the results of a large study which could allow better management of these patients. “I had no cholesterol, I was athletic, I did not present the usual profile”, is still surprised Gaëlle Martin, 59, victim of a heart attack five years ago.
For a long time, women were considered relatively protected against cardiovascular disease. However, unlike myocardial infarction, which mainly affects elderly or overweight men, spontaneous dissection of the coronary artery, better known by the acronym SCAD, is a cause of infarction of which nine out of ten victims are women between 40 and 60 in apparent good health.
Gaëlle Martin must now take lifelong treatment to thin her blood and regulate her blood pressure. When she felt pain in her chest, the first signs of her heart attack, she first said to herself: “I’m not going to call the Samu! It was finally SOS Médecins who redirected her to number 15. She was taken to the hospital and an examination of the arteries revealed her SCAD. “The victims often seem to present the same profile: women, active, rather stressed”, described in theAFP this teacher Renneswho learned to “listen to himself” and found support on a group Facebook created in 2019.
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