| Autor: |
Julia Anis Domínguez-Cervantes, Rebeca Iracema Delgado-Fernández, Anabel Hernández-Ruiz, Adisa del Carmen Jiménez-Soto |
| Jazyk: |
Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: |
2019 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Archivo Médico de Camagüey, Vol 23, Iss 3, Pp 319-328 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1025-0255 |
| Popis: |
Background: ischemic heart disease is the leading cause of death in women, one third of female deaths worldwide. Objective: to characterize myocardial infarction in female patients. Methods: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out, with a sample of 47 female patients, who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: 80.7 % of patients older than 60 years, the predominant age group were those between 61 and 70 years. The personal history of hypertension was present in 70% of the patients admitted, followed by hypertriglyceridemia. Among the most frequent manifestations, precordial pain is treated in 85 % of the population. 51.06 % of the patients studied had a myocardial infarction with ST segment elevation. The most frequent complications are cardiac arrhythmia followed by heart failure and intrahospital sepsis. Conclusions: it was shown that the female sex is a predictor of worse outcomes among patients with acute myocardial infarction is still a topic in the discussion and that there is great heterogeneity in the published data. DeCS: CARDIOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION/complications; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA/mortality; WOMEN; RISK FACTORS. |
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