The papers presented in this book were held at the International Sympo- sium on Myocardial Infarction at Young Age on January 30 and 31, 1981, in Bad Krozingen, FRG. The symposium was sponsored and supported by the European Society of Cardiology and the Pharma Schwarz Co. The scientific committee was composed of H. Denolin (Bruxelles), F. Loogen (Dusseldorf), E. Nussel (Heidelberg), J. Widimsky (Prague), M. Schmuziger (Bad Krozingen), and the editor of this book. To all of these, as well as to my co-workers, many thanks. Bad Krozingen, October 1981 H. ROSKAMM Contents Introduction H. ROSKAMM (With 6 Figures) Session 1 Epidemiology and Risk Factors The Epidemiology of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Young Age Groups G.LAMM...5 Myocardial Infarction in Young Men in the Heidelberg Register Area E. NUSSEL, L. BUCHHOLZ, and R. SCHEIDT (With 4 Figures) 13 Coronary Artery Disease in Young Adults Under 35 Years Old: Risk Factors (Swiss Survey) P. MORET, F. GUTZWILLER, and B. JUNOD (With 1 Figure) 17 Myocardial Infarction Among Men Below Age 40 in Goteborg R. BERGSTRAND, A. VEDIN, C. WILHELMSSON, and L. WILHELMSEN (With 4 Figures)...23 . .
Myocardial Infarction at Young Age: Risk Factors and Natural History G. S. UHL and P. W. FARREL ...29 .