Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Lucas Albanaz Vargas

Publications

• Research Article
  Epidemiological Profile for Acute Coronary Syndrome: The Difference between Genders in an Intensive Care Unit
  Author(s): Lucas Albanaz Vargas, Boin AC, Santiago RAB and Corrêa FGLucas Albanaz Vargas, Boin AC, Santiago RAB and Corrêa FG
  
  Background: Acute Myocardial Infarction (ACS), a complication of acute coronary syndrome is a major cause of death in industrialized countries. The incidence of these diseases has increased, but the rate of mortality among patients decreased over the years.The mortality of acute myocardial infarction is higher in men than women, but for female coronary disease is most fatal in relation to the other sex. Methods: The data was collected between October 2003 and December 2010 from patients who were admitted in the Intensive Care Unit of Hospital Santa Lucia, a private institution in Brasilia-DF, Brazil with the diagnosis of ACS. For the study of in-hospital mortality, we calculated the mortality rate of the years studied and Spearman bivariate correlation was used to determine the level of significance of the values found. By means of the nonpara.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1095.1000120

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