Risk factors in patients with coronary arterial diseases
- Author:
Chinh Thi Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
coronary arterial disease
- MeSH:
Coronary Disease;
Risk Factors
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;233(2):21-26
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
A study on 116 patients with the coronary arterial disease in Friendship hospital during 1996-2000 to evaluate the risk factors such as blood pressure, left ventricular thickness, body mass index (BMI), glycemia cholesterolemia and weight of myocardiac. The results have shown that the disease occurred mainly in patients with ages of 60-69; men with disease (64.6%); hypertension in grade I, II and III (60.3%) hyper cholesterolemia (56.3%); hypertriglyceridemia (25%), less physical exercise (58.7%); obesity in grade I, II, III (39%); diabetes (18.9%), left ventricular thickness (18.9%); postmentruation (85.3%). The study concluded that It is necessary to intervent early the risk factors to slow the progress of disease and reduce the accidents
