[Risk factors and the course of myocardial infarction in elderly women].
Nyckelord
Abstrakt
OBJECTIVE
to elucidate risk factors and special features of myocardial infarction (MI) in elderly women.
METHODS
We included into the study 217 women aged 34 to 89 years who had Q-wave or non Q-wave MI and were admitted for treatment in the cardiology department. These patients were divided into two age groups - younger than 60 years (n=79, mean age 51.6+/-5.9 years) and more or equal 60 years (n=138, mean age 71.7+/-6.9 years).
RESULTS
The following risk factors were more frequent among older women: hypertension (95.7 vs 89.9%), diabetes mellitus (32.2 vs 24%). Women aged <60 years more often had obesity (43.0 vs 26.8%), dyslipidemia (63.3 vs 42.8%), smoking (18.9 vs 0.7%), and premature menopause (12.8% vs 5.0%). Women aged <60 years had combinations of 3 or 4 risk factors. Coronary angiography was carried out in 34.2% of women aged <60 years and in 18.8% of older women. Women aged <60 years compared with older women more often had single vessel coronary artery stenosis (55.6 and 23.3%, respectively), whereas in women aged more or equal 60 years prevailed multivessel coronary artery involvement (22.2 and 42.3%, respectively). MI in elderly women was more often complicated by Killip class III-IV acute heart failure, arrhythmias, recurrent MI, and hemotamponade, while younger women (aged <60 years) more often had early postinfarction angina and Dressler syndrome.