A Study of Clinical Profile of Ischemic Heart Disease Among South Indian Women in a Tertiary Care Centre

Our study was done to study in detail the clinical profile of cases admitted with ischemic heart diseases in women at ICCU VIMS Bellary. Objectives: are. To study the clinical profile of ischemic heart diseases in women. To identify the influence of well-defined risk factors in women with ischemic heart diseases. To identify if there are any risk factors specific to women with ischemic heart diseases. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Ours is a clinical, prospective, observational and open study. The study subjects were women admitted in Intensive Coronary Care Unit of Vijayanagara institute of medical sciences hospital, Bellary with signs and symptoms suggestive of ischemic heart diseases. After obtaining a detailed history and clinical examination the patients were subjected to relevant investigations. The complete data was collected in specially designed case recording form and transferred into a Master chart which is then subjected to statistical analysis. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: We studied 100 cases of ischemic heart diseases in women, out of which 82 patients presented with Acute MI, 14 patients with Unstable angina and 4 patients with stable angina, most of which were observed in post-menopausal women. Prognosis was good in patients who received intensive care within 6 hours of onset of symptoms. Chest pain was the most common symptom of presentation. CONCLUSION: Our study had highlighted the fact that ischemic heart disease no longer remains gender neutral and has been found to be a principle killer in women and they suffer from IHD on account of preventable diseases like hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity.