Epidemiology of Heart disease and assessment its clinical profile in South India.

Dr.B.Balasubramanyam; Dr.Hari Prasad Rao T; Dr.Venkatesh S

Volume : VII, Issue : IV, April - 2018

Epidemiology of Heart disease and assessment its clinical profile in South India.

Dr. B. Balasubramanyam, Dr. Hari Prasad Rao T, Dr. Venkatesh S

Abstract :

To describe the clinical profile of patients with heart failure (HF) admitted in a tertiary care hospital. The present study was a descriptive cross sectional study. The participants, all patients with Heart Failure admitted in department of cardiology, with Age >18yrs. Patients with signs and symptoms of heart failure, who are admitted in Medicine and Cardiology wards was evaluated. The mean age is 51.9 years. In the present study most common presenting symptom is eathlessness seen in 97% of the patients, followed by swelling of feet (68%), Nocturnal cough (66%), chest pain and palpitations. The most common ECG findings are ischaemic changes in the form of T–wave inversion and poor progression of R–wave followed by left ventricular hypertrophy with strain pattern. LV hypertrophy and dilatation is the most common 2D Echo finding.