One in four men under 40 now suffers a heart attack; lifestyle, stress, genetics, and delayed diagnosis are driving early-onset cardiac disease Millennials constitute a core part of India’s productive workforce. A heart attack in one’s 30s or early 40s can result in prolonged downtime, disability, repeated hospitalisations, and long recovery periods, reducing work output and increasing indirect costs for families and employers. The fast-paced lifestyle, unmanaged risk factors, and genetic predispositions are redefining the face of cardiac illness globally. In India, recent hospital and population-based studies show 6–16% of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) occurs in patients younger than 40. Nearly 25% of heart attack cases in men now occur under 40, while almost 20% of cardiac emerge

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