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LOPEZ RAMIREZ, Mirtha; QUIRANTES MORENO, Alberto Jesús  y  LOPEZ RAMIREZ, Daymir. Characterization of myocardial acute infarction in "Simón Bolívar" popular clinic. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2009, vol.25, n.4, pp. 151-159. ISSN 1561-3038.

Introduction: In Venezuela, the heart diseases are the leading cause of decease and it is frequent admission from infarction in the "Simón Bolivar" popular clinic. To date there are not studies on the course of this entity in the "Barrio Adentro" mission. Objective: To characterize the patients diagnosed with myocardial acute infarction treated in the above mentioned clinic. Methods: A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study was conducted from January to September, 2006 in "Simón Bolivar" popular clinic from Diego Ibarra municipality, Carabobo, Venezuela in 52 patients presenting with myocardial acute infarction seen there. Results: The 63,5% of patients with infarction were men, intervals of 60-69 years old represented the 40,4%, the 71,1% of patients suffered arterial hypertension, Killip infarction was present in the 80,8% of cases, and the 13,5% becomes complicated with a left ventricle failure. Conclusions: There was predominance of male sex aged between 60 and 69, major risk factors were: arterial hypertension, obesity, diabetes mellitus and smoking. Most had a Killip I myocardial infarction and the intrahospital complications included a left ventricle failure, arrhythmias and the recurrent infarction.

Palabras clave : Myocardial acute infarction; Barrio Adentro mission; risk factors; infarction complication; infarction classification.

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