ASSOCIATION OF RIGHT VENTRICULAR INFARCTION WITH INFERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION | ||
| Kirkuk Journal of Medical Sciences | ||
| Article 6, Volume 9, Issue 1, April 2021, Pages 101-157 PDF (1.28 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original research | ||
| DOI: 10.32894/kjms.2021.170173 | ||
| Author | ||
| Arjan Hikmat Aziz* | ||
| AZADI Teaching hospital | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The right ventricular infarction occurs frequently in association with inferior myocardial infarction and occurs separately in rare patterns. It is related to higher morbidity and mortality rates. Aim of study: To measure the prevalence of right ventricular infarction among patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction and identifying the characteristics related to right ventricular infarction. Patients and methods: A cross sectional study carried out in Coronary Care Unit of Azadi Teaching hospital in Kirkuk through the period from 1st of January to31st of October, 2017 on convenient sample of 150 inferior wall myocardial infarction patients. The data were collected by publisher through direct interview and filling of a prepared questionnaire. Results: Right ventricular infarction was present among 39.3% of patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction. There was a highly significant association between older age of self-employed patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction and right ventricular infarction (p | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Right Ventricular infarction; Hypertension; Diabetes Mellitus; smoking | ||
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