A Prospective Observational Study On Outcomes Of Acute Myocardial Infarction Patient Undergoing Thrombolysis At Tertiary Care Hospital

Abstract

Background - Cardiovascular diseases including acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and other related risk factors are on the rise. This heart disease is generating a high burden of coronary heart diseases on health care services and becoming a leading cause of death in developing countries.  Health information is an integral part of patients education and ultimately for patient care. Thus understanding information needs of heart patients is seriously important and essential in ensuring quality care, controlling heart diseases and improving self care abilities of heart patients alongside the advanced medication and treatment and strategies. For this purpose we conducted a prospective observational study on outcomes of acute myocardial infarction patients undergoing thrombolysis. Result – In this study we observed that 63% male population was affected with AMI. Male population is more prone to MI than female population. Also, 33.33% patients are in between 51-60 years of age group. Also, 42% patients received thrombolytic therapy within 30min to 1hour of administration to hospital and also, the mostly used thrombolytic drug is streptokinase (67%) and also, after receiving the thrombolytic therapy about 24% patients underwent hypotensive condition[cardiogenic shock]. Conclusion - In this observational study we found that patients with acute MI undergoing thrombolytic therapy within 1 hours is more effective to reduce further cardiac related complications. We also observed that patients having high levels of cholesterol are at high risk of developing acute myocardial infarction.