Acute Myocardial Infarction in South Libya
| dc.contributor.author | Mutwakil G. Ahmed, Faraj A. Shenib, Abdulqader M. Sufrani Mohamoud Hussein Milad | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-29T10:16:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-11-29T10:16:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Objective: To determine clinical characteristics of patients with acute myocardial infarction. Setting: Intensive Care Unit, 2nd March Teaching Hospital, Sebha, South Libya. Methods: A prospective hospital-based study of patients with acute myocardial infarction in the period from April 2003 to March 2004. Results: A total of 31 patients were admitted with acute myocardial infarction. The majority of patients (74%) were males. Females (26%) were postmenopausal. The mean age was 56.4 years. All patients showed evolutionary changes in ECG tracings. Creatine phosphokinase was raised in 25 patients (80%) and lactic dehydrogenase in 23 patients (74.6%). The cardinal symptom was chest pain (77.5%). Complications included heart failure (33%), shock (29%), arrhythmia (19%) and angina (16%). Ten (32%) patients died in hospital. Conclusion: The study has revealed a high mortality rate due to AMI and calls for improvement of cardiac care by physicians and control of risk factors by public health experts. | ar |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.sebhau.edu.ly/handle/1/217 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | ar |
| dc.publisher | Sebha University | ar |
| dc.title | Acute Myocardial Infarction in South Libya | ar |
| dc.type | Article | ar |