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Clinical profiles and outcomes of acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction in young adults in a tertiary care center in Saudi Arabia

Haitham Sakr, Ahmed S. Azazy, Ali Hillani, Mohamed Ebada, Abdulrahman Alharbi, Saleh Alshalash, Rami Abazid and Abdulrahman Algassim
Saudi Medical Journal November 2021, 42 (11) 1201-1208; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2021.42.11.20210412

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