Why the study?
This study was conducted to evaluate lipid abnormalities in patients presenting with acute myocardial infarction at a tertiary care hospital.
In young patients (20-40 years) presenting with acute myocardial infarction, hypertriglyceridemia and hypercholesterolemia are highly prevalent lipid abnormalities.
May inform lipid assessment in young AMI; hypothesis-generating for age-specific prevention trials.
Objective: To evaluate the lipid abnormalities in cases with acute myocardial infarction at tertiary care hospital. Material and methods: Between May 2020 to November 2020, total 100 patients of acute myocardial infarction having age 20-40 years of both gender (male/female) were recruited from Department of Cardiology, Sheikh Zayed Medical College/Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan. Lipid abnormalities were evaluated in this study. Results: Total 100 patients with myocardial infarction were selected and lipid abnormalities were evaluated. Age range was 20-40 years with mean age 29.90 ± 6.08 years. In this study total 100 patients with acute myocardial infarction were evaluated for lipid abnormalities. Raised serum total cholesterol was noted in 38 (38%) patients followed by raised serum triglycerides in 47 (47%) patients, raised serum LDL in 26 (26%) patients and decreased serum HDL was seen in 14 (14%) patients. Conclusion: Results of this study showed that raised Triglycerides and Raised Total Cholesterol were most common lipid abnormalities in cases with acute myocardial infarction. Most of the patients were males. Obese patients were more common as compared to non-obese.
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