STUDY ON HEART FAILURE PROFILE OF PATIENTS PRESENTING AT BAHAWALPUR VICTORIA HOSPITAL
Dr. Rubina Zain*, Dr. Anum Yaseen and Dr. Anfal Ijaz
ABSTRACT
Objective: To assess the heart failure profile of patients presenting at Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital. Material and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted at Outpatients Department of Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital, from January 2019 to June 2019 over the period of 6 months. Total 1000 patients presented with symptoms and signs of heart failure according to Framingham criteria either male or female and having age >20 years were included. Results: In present study mean age of the patients was 50.70±14.8 years. Male patients were 644 (64%) and female patients were 356 (36%). Most of the patients belonged to age group 51-60 years. Total 544 (54.4%) patients were hypertensive, obese were 105 (10.5%) smokers were 417 (41.7%). Ischemic heart disease was the most common (586/58.6%) etiology. Conclusion: Findings of this study showed that male were more victim of heart failure as compared to female. Age group 51-60 years was the most commonly affected age group. It is also revealed that most of the patients were hypertensive and smokers. Ischemic heart disease was the most common etiology.
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