Vitón CAA, Lorenzo VBM, Linares CLP, Lazo HLA, Godoy CO

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: the ischemic cardiopathies of 2016 in our country were 44,4 % and most of them were acute myocardial infarctions. Due to its high incidence in the population, it is important all professionals to develop the essential knowledge and skills for a proper assessment and timely intervention regarding this health problem.
Objective: to characterize clinically and epidemiologically the patients suffering from acute myocardial infarction hospitalized in Coronary Intensive Care Unit at Abel Santamaría Cuadrado General Hospital during January 2013 - December 2017.
Method: a descriptive and cross-sectional, observational study was carried out, analysis and synthesis methods were used, in addition to the empirical method. We studied 1427 patients admitted with a diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction, using descriptive statistics.
Results: The most affected age bracket was 60-69 with 30 %, and male sex represented 63,7 %. Lower infarcts predominated in 54,9 % and hypertension was found in 65 % of patients. The electrical complications appeared in 34,3 % of the cases, mainly blocking of the left branch of their bundle in 12,4 %. Thrombolysis was applied (64,5 %) and 9,1 % of patients died.
Conclusions: this disease is more common in male patients and in those over 50 years old. High blood pressure is among the fundamental risk factors for its development. Lower infarcts were more common. A high number of patients received thrombolytic therapy leading to low rate of mortality.