Why the study?
Cardiovascular diseases are significant contributors to global mortality, with CAD being the most common cause, prompting the need to detect the characteristics and management of ischemic heart disease patients in the Mid Delta region of Egypt.
In a registry of 1000 ischemic heart disease patients in Egypt, chronic coronary syndrome was the most common presentation, with hypertension and smoking as highly prevalent risk factors.
Background: Cardiovascular diseases are significant contributors to global increased mortality rates. coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common cause of heart disease globally. Aims: Detection of the characteristics [clinical, electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and coronary angiographic] of ischemic heart disease patients in Med Delta region in Egypt and also their management plan. Methodology: The registry included 1000 patients of ischemic heart disease (IDH) at Med Delta Region. All patients underwent full medical history, full cardiac examination, detection of ECG changes, cardiac enzymes, other labs, Echocardiography and coronary angiography Results: Out of 1000 patients studied 72.1% had chronic coronary syndromes and 27.9% had acute coronary syndrome. Seven hundreds and sixty-seven (76.7%) were known to have hypertension and 725 (72.5%) patients were smokers. left anterior descending artery (LAD) was diseased in 54.9 % of the patients. Single vessel disease was affected in 61.7%, 21.5% had double vessel disease and about 16.8 % had multi vessel disease. Conclusion: Chronic coronary syndrome was the most common presentation in the studied patients with hypertension being the most prevalent risk factor and LAD was the mostly affected vessel.
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