Newer perspectives of coronary artery disease in young

Table 1 Spectrum of terminology for young coronary artery disease

No.	Terminology	Age group studied	Ref.
1	Young CAD	Less than 45 yr	Ericsson et al[2]
2	Young CAD	Less than 40 yr	Konishi et al[3]
3	Young CAD	15-39 yr	Gupta et al[4]
4	Very young CAD	≤ 35 yr	Christus et al[5]
5	Premature CAD	Men ≤ 45 yr	van Loon et al[6]
		Female ≤ 55 yr
6	Premature CAD	Less than 60 yr	Genest et al[7]
7	Premature CAD	Less than 45 yr	Pineda et al[8]
8	Precocious CAD	2 case reports of familial CAD of 29 and 31 yr	Norum et al[9]
9	Early onset CAD	Less than 45 yr	Iribarren et al[10]

CAD: Coronary artery disease.