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Revista del Nacional (Itauguá)
versión impresa ISSN 2072-8174
Resumen
RADICE DURE, Mélani Rebeca et al. Risk factors in patients with ischemic heart disease admitted to the Hospital de la Fundación Tesãi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay. Rev. Nac. (Itauguá) [online]. 2020, vol.12, n.2, pp.61-72. ISSN 2072-8174. https://doi.org/10.18004/rdn2020.dic.02.061.072.
Introduction:
cardiovascular diseases occupy the first place of mortality worldwide, so it is important to know the most frequent risk factors in patients with ischemic heart disease.
Objective:
to describe the frequency of risk factors in patients with ischemic heart disease admitted to the Hospital de la Fundación Tesãi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay.
Methodology:
the study design was observational, descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional, it included 61 patients older than 20 years admitted to the Hospital de la Fundación Tesãi, Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, between March 2018 and March 2019.
Results:
the representative age was in the age range of 45 to 64 years in the group of men, and 65 to 74 years in the group of women, with a predominance of males. The most relevant risk factors were arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia. However, smoking was the least frequent.
Conclusion:
arterial hypertension and dyslipidemia are the most frequent risk factors.
Palabras clave : ischemic heart disease; risk factors; arterial hypertension; diabetes mellitus; dyslipidemia; obesity; smoking.