Abstract

RODRIGUEZ TORRES, Iván; ARBELO LOPEZ, Doralys; VAZQUEZ PAVON, Ernesto  and  ACEVEDO MATOS, María Magdalena. Clinical epidemiologic characterization of individuals with severe heart attack. MEDISAN [online]. 2010, vol.14, n.9, pp. 2092-2097. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, cross-sectional and retrospective study of 33 patients with acute heart attack diagnosis, admitted in the intensive care unit of the "Emilio Bárcenas Pier" Hospital in the municipality of II Frente, Santiago de Cuba province was carried out during the year 2007, from January to December. In the case material a predominant heart condition was found in elderly with high coronary risk and precordial pain sensation as a clinical feature. From the case material only three of the integrants died, but none of them treated with thrombolytic drugs.

Keywords : heart attack; coronary risk; precordial pain sensation; thrombolytic drugs; hospital admission.

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