Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as an acute form and a catastrophic manifestation of coronary artery disease (CAD) is the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The prevalence and incidence of myocardial infarction can be influenced by demographic, biological and psychosocial factors, and it is rare in childhood and adolescent years. Contrary to the elderly, where cardiac attack is mainly caused by CAD, exercise-induced cardiac attack is relatively more prevalent in a young adult. We report here on a case of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) in a young adult during vigorous physical activity and we review the relevant literatures.

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• Young Youp Koh(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea) Corresponding author
• Young Jae Ki(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)
• Sung Soo Kim(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)
• Hyun Wook Kim(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)
• Keun Ho Park(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)
• Dong Hyun Choi(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)
• Joong Wha Jeong(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)
• Kyoung Sig Chang(Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, College of Medicine, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea)