Volume : IX, Issue : VI, June - 2020

Clinical Profile of Ischaemic Heart Disease in Women of North India.

Dr Nazar Hussain

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Introduction: Ischaemic heart disease (IHD) is one of the leading cause of death in women especially in the developing countries, placing an additional economic burden in the resource limited conditions. There are limited studies on the subject from our country and thus the need for more data and research on clinical profile of IHD in women. Objective: We conducted this study with an aim to study the clinical profile of ischaemic heart disease in women. Result: We had a total of seventy-three female patients diagnosed as IHD during the study period with a mean age of 57.3 years. The age ranged between 43 years-77 years. Most of the patients in our series reported after 6 hours of onset of symptoms and less than ten percent reported within the first 6 hours. None of the patient in our cohort had positive alcohol or tobacco use history. A total of 63 patients constituting 86.3% were diagnosed as STEMI and the remaining cases were NSTEMI based on the ECG findings. Conclusion: The incidence of IHD in our series was highest in 50-59-year age group and the most common risk factor for IHD was hypertension followed by diabetes mellitus, obesity, dyslipidaemia and a positive family history of cardiac disease. There was a significant delay between the onset of symptoms and reporting to the hospital in our series, leading to loss of precious time. There is a need to for awareness campaigns and improving the transport/ambulance services in rural areas for timely management.

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CLINICAL PROFILE OF ISCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE IN WOMEN OF NORTH INDIA., Dr Nazar Hussain GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-9 | Issue-6 | June-2020

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