The Prevalence of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) in Taif City Province and Its Participating Factors
| Autor: | Nouf Jafar Alzahrani, Mohammed M. Mougrabi, Nesriene M. El Margoushy, Nawal Swailem Alotaibi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) education Disease 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Heart muscles medicine.disease Obesity 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Coronary care unit Observational study 030212 general & internal medicine Myocardial infarction Family history business geographic locations |
| Zdroj: | The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine. 70:1826-1833 |
| ISSN: | 2090-7125 1687-2002 |
| Popis: | Background: Myocardial infarction (MI) is a fatal disease caused by block in the oxygen supply of blood vessels of the heart muscles, leading to permanent heart muscle damage and death of its cells. Aim of work: to assess the relationship between incidence of acute myocardial infarction and its participating factors. Patients and methods: observational, descriptive correlation questionnaire based study on 50 Saudi and non Saudi patients with acute myocardial infarction who were admitted in cardiac intensive care unit (CICU), medical ward and followed in out-patient department (OPD). They were chosen from King Faisal Medical Center, cardiology department, Taif, Saudi Arabia from the first of March 2016 to the end of April 2016 (2 months duration). Results: Prevalence of MI patients in the 2 months of research was 1.4%. MI was precipitated by a number of factors in Saudi Arabia as old age, increased body mass index, stress, obesity and consumption of high caloric rich diet. Conclusion: The main risk factors of ACS in our patients were hypertension, Stress, obesity; high cholesterol diet and positive family history of cholesterol in addition to old age and smoking. Recommendations: Combating precipitating factors of MI in Saudi Arabia can decrease the prevalence of the disease |
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