Open Access<p>Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Risk Among Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in the Young Jordanian Population</p>
Author(s) -
Liqaa Raffee,
Khaled Alawneh,
Rasheed Ibdah,
Sukaina Rawashdeh,
Sohaib Zoghoul,
Abdel Salam Ewais,
Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s272961
Subject(s) - medicine , disease , myocardial infarction , angina , incidence (geometry) , obesity , population , pediatrics , unstable angina , young adult , environmental health , physics , optics
This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) among the young population in Jordan. We examined the risk factors that might be involved in disease incidence. Clinical characteristics, patients' living standards, and various other risk factors were considered to conduct the study.