Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction

Authors

  • Rita María Mesa Valiente Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2973-0624
  • Eloy Turro Caró Hospital General Docente Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Author
  • Lucia Nivia Turro Mesa Hospital Provincial Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Saturnino Lora Torres. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1395-9395
  • Germán Del Río Caballero Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Dr. Joaquín Castillo Duany. Santiago de Cuba Author
  • Germán Ricardo Del Río Mesa Hospital Infantil Norte “Juan de la Cruz Maceira”. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Author https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6823-7563
  • Margarita Montes de Oca Carmenaty Hospital Provincial Clinicoquirúrgico Docente Saturnino Lora Torres. Santiago de Cuba, Cuba Author https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8918-5587

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56294/hl2024.449

Keywords:

myocardial ischemia, left ventricular dysfunction, clinical epidemiology, clinical medicine

Abstract

Introduction: One of the most common causes of heart failure is ischemic heart disease.  
Objective: To characterize patients with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction from an epidemiological and clinical point of view.
Methods: Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study in a population of 300 patients with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction, treated in the cardiology service of the Saturnino Lora Torres Provincial Clinical Surgical Teaching Hospital, from January 2021 to December 2023. The summary measures were applied for each type of variable, in each statistical test a significance level α=0.05 was used. 
Results: 53.3% of the patients were in the age group of 60 to 79 years and 66.0% were male. A significant statistical association was found between the presence of pulmonary edema and systolic-diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle; as well as cardiogenic shock, sustained ventricular arrhythmias, stroke and pulmonary embolism with the status at discharge. 
Conclusions: Patients with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction were characterized by advanced age, disparity in the proportion between sexes. The presence of pulmonary edema was secondary to systolic-diastolic dysfunction of the left ventricle. Patients with negative coronary angiography, cardiogenic shock, sustained ventricular arrhythmias, stroke, and pulmonary embolism were associated with discharge status. 

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2024-12-31

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Mesa Valiente RM, Turro Caró E, Turro Mesa LN, Caballero GDR, Del Río Mesa GR, Montes de Oca Carmenaty M. Clinical and epidemiological characterization of patients with ischemic heart disease and left ventricular dysfunction. Health Leadership and Quality of Life [Internet]. 2024 Dec. 31 [cited 2025 Aug. 24];3:.449. Available from: https://hl.ageditor.ar/index.php/hl/article/view/449