Epidemiological and clinical investigation of the ST elevated myocardial infarction in an emergency department in Turkey

Objectives: In this study, epidemiologic investigation of clinical features and risk factors of the patients diagnosed as acute ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods: The study designed as retrospective, descriptive, cross-sectional. 229 patients admitted to the training and research hospital emergency department with a yearly admission of 252677 in 2010, were included the study. Results: A total of 77.7% of the patients was male. Patient admission was the most in February (11.8%), and the least in August (5.2%). The most effected part of the heart was anterior (48.5%). 55.4% of the patients had smoking and 2.8% had alcohol usage history; 23.3% had hypertension, 20.0% hyperlipidemia, 18.3% diabetes mellitus, 11.7% family history of coronary artery disease. Conclusions: By the prevention from the modifiable risk factors for acute coronary diseases can reduce the frequency of coronary artery diseases.