STUDY OF THE PROFILE OF THE PATIENTS UNDERGOING CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL IN RURAL CENTRAL INDIA.

Abstract

Objectives
 Coronary artery disease (CAD) is leading cause of mortality. It tends to occur at a younger age in
Indians, with more angiographic involvement contributed by genetic, metabolic, conventional and
nonconventional risk factors. Invasive coronary angiography is the gold standard for diagnosis of
coronary artery disease. With the different pattern of stenosis in the coronaries and the associated
multiple risk factors with it, we carried out this study.
Methodology
After getting the approval of the institutional ethical committee, all subjects were briefed about the
study and informed consent in the regional language was taken. The study was carried for a period of
two years.
 Results
From our study hypertension, obesity, dyslipidemia, smoking, alcohol and Post-menopausal age still
play very important risk factors. Surprisingly, diabetes mellitus was found in down fall trend .Probably
the extensive awareness of diabetes and its complications in the last decade has created fear and
therefore patients have started adapting lifestyle modifications..
Conclusion
Deadly fear of the sudden cardiac death has made this investigation of coronary angiography a routine
investigation because in our study we found 20% of the patients reported self and underwent
angiography.