Differences In risk factors and clinical presentations between men and women with acute coronary syndrome at Sohag University Hospitals
Altaher, A., Elsayed, M. (2019). Differences In risk factors and clinical presentations between men and women with acute coronary syndrome at Sohag University Hospitals. EKB Journal Management System, 23(3), 88-93. doi: 10.21608/smj.2019.15200.1026
Ali Mohamad Altaher; Mohamed Elsayed. "Differences In risk factors and clinical presentations between men and women with acute coronary syndrome at Sohag University Hospitals". EKB Journal Management System, 23, 3, 2019, 88-93. doi: 10.21608/smj.2019.15200.1026
Altaher, A., Elsayed, M. (2019). 'Differences In risk factors and clinical presentations between men and women with acute coronary syndrome at Sohag University Hospitals', EKB Journal Management System, 23(3), pp. 88-93. doi: 10.21608/smj.2019.15200.1026
Altaher, A., Elsayed, M. Differences In risk factors and clinical presentations between men and women with acute coronary syndrome at Sohag University Hospitals. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 23(3): 88-93. doi: 10.21608/smj.2019.15200.1026

Differences In risk factors and clinical presentations between men and women with acute coronary syndrome at Sohag University Hospitals

Sohag Medical Journal
Article 19, Volume 23, Issue 3, July 2019, Pages 88-93    PDF (388.45 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/smj.2019.15200.1026
Authors
Ali Mohamad Altaher* 1; Mohamed Elsayed2
1Internal medicine and cardiology departement.sohag university
2Internal medicine department, faculty of medicine, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt
Abstract
Background: Gender differences in risk factors and clinical presentations of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have been reported in different parts of the world with contradicting results.AIM: This study aimed to evaluate the gender differences in baseline characteristics &to investigate the presence of gender bias in patients admitted with ACS at Sohag University Hospitals.
Patients& Methods: All the patients underwent the followings:
(1)A detailed history was taken including traditional risk factors (2) Full clinical examination (3) Laboratory investigations: Fasting sugar, lipid profile, cardiac enzymes, blood count. (4) Electrocardiograph &echocardiography.
Results: The current study included equal numbers of both genders with 100 females & 100 males. Females were significantly older than males (58.22±5.99 Vs 53.48±4.16), p
Keywords
Acute Coronary Syndrome; Gender; risk factors
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