Yang J, Biery D, Singh A, et al. – Researchers compared risk factor profiles and outcomes between individuals who experienced a first myocardial infarction at a very young (age ≤ 40) and young (40 < age ≤ 50) age. Participants included adults aged ≤ 50 years admitted with a type 1 myocardial infarction to two large academic hospitals from 2000 to 2016. Among 2,097 consecutive young patients with myocardial infarction, 431 were ≤ 40 years of age. Even though they were, on average, 10 years younger and had a lower prevalence of hypertension, very young myocardial infarction patients had similar 1-year and long-term outcomes compared with those aged 41-50 years at the time of their index infarction. The authors’ findings suggested the need for aggressive secondary prevention measures in very young patients who experience a myocardial infarction.