Vnitr Lek 1991, 37(5):435-440
[The spectrum of cardiovascular diseases at the cardiology section of the internal medicine department in Prostĕjov].
- Interní oddĕlení, Okresní ústav národního zdraví Prostĕjov.
In 1981-1989 in the cardiological part of the medical department in Prostĕjov 6255 patients (mean age 62.8 years) were admitted on account of cardiovascular diseases. The most frequent cause for admission was acute coronary syndrome (57%). The hospital lethality differs markedly in new myocardial infarctions (19.5%) and unstable angina, where no death was recorded. The second most frequent disease are cardiac arrhythmias (20.5%) with a low lethality of 0.7%. These are followed by cardiac insufficiencies (incidence 9.2%, lethality 12.8%), pulmonary embolism incidence 5%, lethality 9.9%) and inflammatory heart diseases (pericarditis, myocarditis, endocarditis) with a mean incidence of 1.3% and lethality of 7.6%. The mean lethality of hospitalized cardiovascular diseases was 8%.
Keywords: Aged; Cardiovascular Diseases, epidemiology, ; Czechoslovakia; Female; Hospitalization; Humans; Male; Middle Aged
Published: May 1, 1991 Show citation