Businesswoman Caritina Goyanes has died at the age of 46 at her Marbella residence following a sudden heart attack, according to reports. Troubles in SPANISH. This is a particularly sad situation for the Goyanes Lapique family, since Caritina’s father, Carlos Goyanes, lost his life only 18 days ago. Likewise, Tito Goyanes, Carlos’ brother and Caritina’s uncle, died yesterday, Sunday, August 25. In all three cases, the death was following a cardiovascular accident.
The fact that all three deaths were due to heart attacks shows that a possible hereditary cause In the Goyanes, a genetic predisposition that tends to imply that people with this history must take greater precautions, such as controlling blood pressure, cholesterol levels or risky habits. However, Caritina’s case is more dramatic when it occurs in a person under 50 years of age, a profile considered as young for sudden cardiac death.
However, cardiovascular mortality among young people is increasing, recently claiming the lives of well-known public figures such as the author. Miguel Lopezbetter known as Hematocritdied of a heart attack at the age of 47. Or the actress Itziar Castrodied last December at the age of 46 for the same reasons. “Between 40 and 45, or even 55 and 60, is a young age to have a heart attack,” he explained. Manuel Anguitacardiologist at the Reina Sofía University Hospital in Córdoba and spokesperson for the Spanish Society of Cardiology (SEC).
What is called myocardial infarction of Early incidence is increasingly common in the Spanish population, a study reveals publication supervised by the MONICA project, the World Health Organization (WHO) study on the heart health of the world population. According to him, during the study period (1985-1997), increasing rates of acute myocardial infarction were observed. between 35 and 65 years oldan unusual age range for this disease.
The SEC, for its part, presented a few years ago at its annual meeting another more recent investigation that confirmed this alarming trend.Heart attacks among young people are becoming more common“, argued its authors, who had collected cases between 2010 and 2021 at the Virgen Macarena University Hospital. “It is something that is increasing in all hospitals,” Anguita stressed.
Acute myocardial infarction is in turn the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in young patients in Spain. Sudden cardiac arrest is a sudden loss of pulse and consciousness caused by an unexpected failure of the heart’s ability to pump blood efficiently to the brain and entire body.
“Sudden death in young people is very rare, but it is striking,” Anguita said. And although it can respond to hereditary predispositions – as seems to happen in the Goyanes – or congenital predispositions – heart disease, Brugada syndrome -, the main cause lies, according to the expert, in lifestyle habits. The first causes are tobacco followed by a poor dietin which the saturated fats or trans fats; suffer from obesitylack of exercise and/or alcohol abuse.
However, there is a sad circumstance: a patient of Caritina Goyanes’ age has a great capacity for recovery if treated in time, within the so-called “heart attack code” in health centers in Spain. “The majority of people who have a heart attack at this age, not only do not die, but can then lead a normal life,” Anguita confirmed. According to the SEC, mortality is 6.9%.
For this, early attention is vital, Spanish cardiologists remind us. That is why the population is asked to be aware that there is a possibility that a heart attack may occur before the age of 60. “It is rare that this happens, but it is true that it is increasing. If a young person has chest pain, it is better to go too far than to fail.. Acting in time can save your life and make your life completely normal,” Anguita concludes.
