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Volume 3 Issue 2 (April - June, 2015)

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The study on developing risk factors in individuals with acute myocardial infarction
Ajmera Prakash

Aim: To conduct a research on developing risk factors in individuals with acute myocardial infarction. Methods: A retrospective analysis was undertaken at the Department of Cardiology. This study comprised patients with acute ST elevation Myocardial Infarction (STEMI) and a typical increase in cardiac biomarkers such as Creatine Kinase-MB (CKMB) or Troponin. Age, gender, clinical history, traditional risk factors, length of symptoms, kind of thrombolytic drug used, and coronary angiography findings were all thoroughly examined. Results: The research found that 68 percent of patients were males and 32 percent were females, showing a significant frequency of Acute Coronary Syndrome among men. The mean age of the women in this research was 40.26±10.66 years, and 58 (58 percent) of the patients had AWMI, showing a significant incidence of AWMI in STEMI. 38% of individuals developed inferior wall MI. Patients in this research had BMI. 6 percent of patients had a BMI of 25 kg/m2, 62 percent had a BMI of 25-30 kg/m2, and 32 percent had a BMI of 30-40 kg/m2, demonstrating that CAD is more frequent in overweight individuals than obese patients. In our analysis, only 44 percent of patients had blood cholesterol levels more than 200mg/dl, demonstrating that serum cholesterol is not a reliable predictor of ACS. In this research, 58 percent of patients had NON-HDL levels more than 130 mg/dl, demonstrating that NON-HDL is more associated with ACS. Conclusion: We found that altering risk factors such as smoking, increasing levels of body fat, excessive fat and salt consumption, and a sedentary lifestyle, when combined with the use of accessible and inexpensive preventative drugs, may reduce the incidence of CAD.

 
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