Abstract

CRUZ LEDESMA, Bernardo et al. Clinical-epidemiological aspects of the Acute Coronary Syndrome: "Abel Santamaría" University Hospital. 2006-2007. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2009, vol.13, n.2, pp. 159-168. ISSN 1561-3194.

A prospective, longitudinal and descriptive study was carried out aimed at characterizing the clinical-epidemiological aspects of the Acute Coronary Syndrome at "Abel Santamaria" University Hospital, Pinar del Rio during July 1^st 2006 to June 30^th 2007. The universe of the study was constituted by 1 784 patients admitted at the Intensive Coronary Care Unit and the sample included 300 diagnosed with Coronary Acute Syndrome. Data were collected from the clinical records of the patients and the following variables were analyzed: age, sex, race, interval of time between the onset of the pain and admission in the Emergency Unit, type of the acute coronary event and complications. EPI Info-6 was used as a Statistical Package to the control of data and statistical analysis. The informed consent was requested to the patients. The disease prevailed in Caucasian, 60 years old or older men. Being Acute Unstable Angina with electrocardiographic changes was the coronary syndrome mostly diagnosed, followed by Acute Myocardial Infarction. Most of the patients attended to the hospital before the 6 hours of the onset of the precordial pain. The heart failure, malignant ventricular arrhythmias and the atrioventricular block were the most frequent complications and the ones provoking a greater mortality rate.

Keywords : Acute Coronary Syndromes; Epidemiology.

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