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BATISTA GONZALEZ, Marilina  y  ESCALONA BALLESTER, Yurisván. Acute Myocardial Infarction Characterization in Patients Attended atEzequiel ZamoraIntegral Diagnosis Medical Centerof Venezuela. ccm [online]. 2015, vol.19, n.4, pp.680-689. ISSN 1560-4381.

Introduction: myocardial infarction is the main cause of death for men and women worldwide. Objective: to characterize the acute myocardial infarction in patients treated at the medical center. Methods: a case series study in 34 patients over 15 years admitted for acute myocardial infarction from December 2009 to December 2011, at Ezequiel Zamora municipality Medical Center from San Carlos municipality, in Cojedes state, Venezuela. Data were collected from medical records. Results: acute myocardial infarction in males predominated with 79.41% and in patients ≥ 50 years (73.53%). The associated cardiovascular risk factors were hypertension (38.24%), diabetes mellitus (35.29%), dyslipidemia (29.41%) and smoking (20.59%). The most frequent form of presentation was angina pain with 25 patients (73.53%) and less acute lung edema with 26.47%. Only six patients (17.65%) received fibrinolytic therapy. Conclusions: acute myocardial infarction predominated in men ≥ 50 years with cardiovascular disease risk factors and fibrinolytic therapy was applied to a small number of patients.

Palabras clave : acute myocardial infarction; cardiovascular risk factor; angina pain; fibrinolysis therapy.

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