Relationship of risk factors and ST segment changes with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome

authors:

avatar Hamid Sharif-Nia ORCID , * , avatar AliAkbar haghdoost , avatar Roghieh Nazari , avatar Nasim Bahrami , avatar Mohammadali Soleimani , avatar Kamran Pormand

Koomesh: Vol.15, issue 1; 46-53
published online: November 28, 2013
article type: Research Article
received: February 28, 2012
accepted: April 13, 2013

how to cite: Sharif-Nia H, haghdoost A, Nazari R, Bahrami N, Soleimani M, et al. Relationship of risk factors and ST segment changes with symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. koomesh. 2013;15(1):e152613. 

Abstract

 Introduction: Coronary artery disease is known as the main reasons of the mortality. According to the study and evaluating symptoms based on the risk factors, it is crtical to prevent the waste of time during the triage. The present study was done for the purpose of investigating the relationship between risk factors and the segment ST changes with the symptoms of acute coronary syndrome. Materials and Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, 294 patients in Amol (Iran) hospital CCU ward, with the diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome who had survived at least 24 hours after the admission were investigated. Data were gathered and analyzed by the use of the questionnaire which included the demographic information form, symptom check list and some risk factors. Results: There was a significant difference between the ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with vomiting (OR= 1.94) and anxiety (OR = 1.82) and UA with vomiting (OR = 0.42). There also was a significant relationship between the gender with the weakness ( OR = 2.29 ) and anxiety ( (OR = 1.82 ), diabetes with dyspnea ( OR = 1.8 ) , weakness ( OR = 1.02 ) and tinnitus ( OR = 2.49 ). Conclusion: There are many various types of heart attack and the precise knowledge of these varieties in different subgroups of the patients and also different types of heart attack will certainly help the specialists and doctors. The results of this study might be able to clarify some part of this complicating connections and it can also give contribution to the specialists in order to make good recognition in addition of making some questions for the researches who are looking for the cause of such different symptoms in the patients