ABSTRACT

Background: Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a major cause of hospitalization and mortality worldwide. Furthermore, sex is among the most important factors influencing the occurrence and extent of acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

Objective: To determine the frequency of 30 days mortality after treatment of myocardial infarction among males and females at tertiary care Hospital.

Study design: Descriptive case series study

Setting: Study has been conducted at cardiology department, Liaquat University hospital, Hyderabad

Study duration: Six months form July 2018 to December 2018

Methodology: Patients presented with acute myocardial infarction and under treatment, 25 to 85 years and of either gender were included. Each patient was followed for 30 days during Hospital stay and after discharge from department through contact numbers of patient’s close relatives. All the information was recorded via study proforma and data was analyzed in SPSS 20.

Results: The mean of age of study population was 54.76±5.82years. Most of the patients 78.4% had ST-elevation MI. Hypertension was found most common risk factor for acute MI among 50.5% of the cases. Overall 30 days mortality rate was found 43(23.1%). Thirty days mortality was found significantly higher among males 51.2% as compared to females as 48.8% (p-0.003), while this mortality rate was statistically insignificant according to ST elevation and non ST elevation MI (p-0.341).

Conclusion: The overall frequency of mortality rate was 23.4%, affecting the males more than the females.

Keywords: Mortality, acute myocardial infarction, gender