A profile of heart failure patients in a tertiary care centre in Eastern India

Authors

  • Biswajit Majumder Department of cardiology, R.G KAR Medical College, Kolkata 70004, West Bengal, India
  • Yatindra Mohan Bahuguna Department of Interventional Cardiology, Smt Usha Bahuguna Aipha Health-Cardiac cum Multispeciality Institute, Jagdambanagar, Uttarakhand, 263139, India
  • Sharmistha Chatterjee Department of Biochemistry, College of Medicine and Sagordutta Hospital, Kamarhati, West Bengal, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20164552

Keywords:

Profile, Heart failure, Tertiary care centre, Eastern India

Abstract

Background: Epidemiological data regarding profile of heart failure in India is lacking. So this study was done to assess the epidemiological profile of heart failure patients in eastern India. Aim of the study was to assess the epidemiological profile of heart failure patients in this part of country.

Methods: Total 1000 outdoor and indoor patients presented with symptoms and signs of heart failure according to Framingham criteria were studied.

Results: Age of onset of HF is lower than western country. IHD is the commonest cause of HF. Diabetes and hypertensions are important risk factors.

Conclusions: Earlier detection and treatment of hypertension and diabetes mellitus might have greater impact in reducing the burden of HF in this part of country.

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2016-12-19

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Majumder, B., Bahuguna, Y. M., & Chatterjee, S. (2016). A profile of heart failure patients in a tertiary care centre in Eastern India. International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 5(1), 216–218. https://doi.org/10.18203/2320-6012.ijrms20164552

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