Incidencia de lesiones en arterias coronarias diagnosticada mediante angiotomografía, en pacientes de 30 a 70 años, en el Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, en el periodo noviembre 2017- abril 2018

Abstract

Background: Despite the decrease in the mortality rate due to ischemic heart disease in the last four decades in developed countries, it remains the cause of death of one third of all deaths in patients older than 35 years. It is estimated that half of the male population and a third of the female population in middle age in the United States will suffer some symptom of ischemic heart disease. In Europe, cardiovascular disease causes around 4 million deaths per year and 1.9 million in the European Union, mostly due to coronary heart disease (1). In Ecuador, in 2014 there were 4,430 deaths from ischemic heart disease, 2,643 were men and 1,787 were women, where a higher incidence was found in ages over 65 with 3,212 deaths (35). According to the Basic Indicators of Health of Ecuador in 2012, cardiovascular diseases have a mortality rate according to gender of 15.8 in men and 10.6 in women (x 100,000 inhabitants), in addition to being the third cause of death (36). Objective: To determine the incidence of coronary artery lesions diagnosed by Angiotomography, in patients aged 30 to 70 years, at the Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, in November 2017 - April 2018. Method and materials. Authorization was requested to carry out a prospective descriptive investigation in the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital. The data were obtained in the medical records and tabulated with the SPSS 25 computer program, the results are presented as tables and graphs. Results. Of 60 patients that make up the population 25% of the coronary artery lesion, 73.33% belongs to the male sex. The age range with greater affectation is 60 to 70 years with 66.67%. The coronary artery with the most involvement was the anterior descending artery with 53.33% followed by the right coronary artery with 46.66%. Conclusions. With this research, the incidence of coronary artery lesions diagnosed by coronary angiotomography was determined