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.