Acute coronary syndrome among young patients in Saudi Arabia (Single center study)

Autor: Amani Alsubaie, Hani N. Mufti, Saad Al Bugami, Mosa Abadi, Akram Ahmed, Faisal Alhosyni, Ali Alyami, Bander Alamry
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Cardiology & Current Research. 12:60-63
ISSN: 2373-4396
DOI: 10.15406/jccr.2019.12.00440
Popis: Objective We sought to study the clinical profile presentations and in hospital outcome of acute coronary syndromes ACS among young patients years of age presenting to King Faisal Cardiac Center in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia Methods Retrospective Single center study of all patients years or younger who presented to King Faisal cardiac center with acute coronary syndrome from the period between august till December All data were obtained from health informatics system Descriptive data of risk factors clinical presentation angiographic results and in hospital outcome were reported Results During the study period patients were admitted with ACS among them patients were forty five or younger Majority were males patients Smoking and dyslipidaemia were seen among and respectively Mean age was years SD plusmn STEMI was the presenting syndrome among thirty two patients and NSTEMI among of the patients Normal coronaries were seen in patients The left anterior descending artery was the infarct related artery in patients Many patients had only single vessel disease Percutaneous intervention was performed in patients No adverse in hospital and days events were encountered Conclusion Smoking is a prevailing risk factor among young patients presenting with ACS Majority have a favourable short term outcomes nbsp
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