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ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN FIJI A REVIEW OF 300 CASES
Author(s) -
Pathik B.,
Ram P.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb93774.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , diabetes mellitus , obesity , mortality rate , cigarette smoking , emergency medicine , physics , optics , endocrinology
A study of 300 patients with acute myocardial infarction admitted to hospital between January, 1969, and October, 1972, was done to determine racial incidence, clinical features, risk factors, complications and mortality. Of the 300 patients, 89% were Indians, 5·6% were Fijians, and 32% were in the 30 to 45 years age group. Of the risk factors, hypercholesterolaemia was present in 48% of cases and cigarette smoking in 56%; other risk factors were hypertension, diabetes and obesity. The mortality rate was 16%.