Prevalence of Common Risk Factors of Cardiovascular Disease Among The Patients Presenting With Chest Pain At Mayo Hospital Lahore

Abstract

Background: Cardiovascular disease is a major public health issue all over the world, particularly in the developing countries. Therefore, the increasing number of patients for reporting emergency care has been seen since last few decades. Besides the known risk factors like physical inactivity, stress, hypertension, smoking, diabetes, and psychosocial stressors, etc. There is a strong correlation between cardiovascular diseases.

Objective: This study was planned to estimate the burden of cardiovascular disease and identify risk factors among patients presenting with chest pain at emergency department of Mayo Hospital Lahore.

Methods: A Performa was designed to collect the information including demography, previous disease history etc. All patients were checked for their blood pressure, height, weight using standard procedures. ECG was done using electrocardiogram methods. Blood sample was taken to test blood sugar random, lipid profile, liver function tests, renal function tests and troponin I. Data was entered, cleaned, and analysed using a SPSS version 20.

Results: Of the total 384 patients, 67% (257) were male and 33% (127) were female. The mean age was 48.30 (±11.09). The ECG value showed that 34.4% had ST elevation, 10.6% had ST depression, 8.5% had ventricular tachycardia or supra ventricular tachycardia and 3.2% had premature ventricular or atrial contraction was 3.2% on electrocardiogram. TROP I was positive in 53% patients including 37% males and 16% females. patients who Analysis showed a significant difference was seen for those who had psychosocial stress, fever history, smoking, hypertension, family history of CVD and diabetes (p-values <0.05).

Conclusion: Cardiovascular patients should be educated on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle in order to avoid the onset of a disease at an early age.