Zusammenfassung
Background: Acute coronary syndrome includes Unstable Angina and evolving Myocardial Infarction which is usually divided into ST-segment elevation Myocardial Infarction (ST-SEMI) and non- ST-segment elevation (non- ST-SEMI) or new onset Left Bundle Branch Block.
Aim of the study: To assess the association between traditional risk factors and the development of cardiovascular diseases.
Methods: A cross-sectional study, was conducted during the period from the 1st of January 2022 to the 1st of May 2023 at Alrusafa Directorate of Health /AL Kindy Teaching Hospital and Ibn Al-Nafees Hospital
Results: The smoker patients were 48.5%, whereas 44.5% were overweight, and 18.5% of them were obese. 57.0% had hypertension, 41% had diabetes mellitus, and 41.5% had hyperlipidemia. The patients with ST-SEMI are (65.5%), while 15.5% of them had non- ST-SEMI. No significant association was obtained between the sociodemographic history and the type of ACS.
Conclusion: Hypertension was the commonest prevalent disease among the patients followed by diabetes mellitus. A family history of the acute coronary syndrome is significantly associated with the type of acute coronary syndrome.
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