Heart attacks are becoming more common among young people in America with data showing that during the pandemic people aged 25-34 in California saw the biggest spike in heart attack death rates among any age group.

For more, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Junaid Khab, he's a cardiac surgeon at Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and is finding that his department is seeing a dramatic influx of patients under 40 who need heart surgeries for serious heart attacks.

Heart attacks are becoming more common among young people in America with data showing that during the pandemic people aged 25-34 in California saw the biggest spike in heart attack death rates among any age group.
For more, KCBS Radio's Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with Dr. Junaid Khab, he's a cardiac surgeon at Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland and is finding that his department is seeing a dramatic influx of patients under 40 who need heart surgeries for serious heart attacks.

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