Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis

The Prevalence of Vitamin D Deficiency in Patients with Myocardial Infarction

Abstract

Salman M, Al-Khoury J, Al-Sherooqi R and Assar W

Introduction: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality has been a tremendous cause of burden on the healthcare economy and is a major event in the Bahraini population. The same applies to vitamin D deficiency, which is a widely prevalent health problem, and in Bahrain more specifically. A limited amount of data has been published looking at the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with myocardial infarction, but only one study was done in the middle-eastern region.
Method: 50 patients with myocardial infarction (both ST elevation and non-ST elevation) were included in a 2- month duration between May and July 2017. Inclusion criteria for the study were, age ≥ 30 years, biomarker evidence of myocardial injury (elevated troponins or CKMB), other supporting evidence of MI (ECG charges, chest pain, hemodynamic instability). Low levels of vitamin D were considered as <20 ng/ml.
Results: Of the 50 enrolled patents (including both ST elevation and non-ST elevation MI), 43 (86%) were found to have low vitamin D levels.
Conclusion: Vitamin D deficiency is present in most of the patients with acute myocardial infarction.