Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted at Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study | Zendy

Sahadeb Prasad Dhungana | Zendy; Arun Kumar Mahato | Zendy; Rinku Ghimire | Zendy; Rupesh Kumar Shreewastav | Zendy

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Prevalence of Dyslipidemia in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Admitted at Tertiary Care Hospital in Nepal: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

Author(s) -

Sahadeb Prasad Dhungana,

Arun Kumar Mahato,

Rinku Ghimire,

Rupesh Kumar Shreewastav

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of nepal medical association

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.176

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 1815-672X

pISSN - 0028-2715

DOI - 10.31729/jnma.4765

Subject(s) - medicine , dyslipidemia , acute coronary syndrome , cross sectional study , confidence interval , high density lipoprotein , lipid profile , triglyceride , population , cholesterol , risk factor , national cholesterol education program , gastroenterology , metabolic syndrome , environmental health , obesity , pathology , myocardial infarction

Dyslipidemia is one of the major risk factors for acute coronary syndrome. Dyslipidemia with an increase in total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglycerides and decrease in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol is one of the major risk factors for the acute coronary syndrome and alone account for more than 50% of population attributable risk. This study was conducted to find out the prevalence of dyslipidemia.

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