PREVALENCE OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION AMONG THE PATIENTS PRESENTING IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

A myocardial infarction (MI), commonly known as a heart attack, occurs when blood flow decreases or stops to a part of the heart, causing damage to the heart muscle. The most common symptom is chest pain or discomfort which may travel into the shoulder, arm, back, neck or jaw. This cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients presenting in the emergency department of different hospitals. Name, age, gender, symptoms and history of chest pain and their ECG findings were noted on a predefined proforma. All the data was entered and analyzed with SPSS Ver. 23.0. A total of 150 patients presenting in the emergency department were included in this study i.e., 75 males (50%) and 75 females (50%). The mean age of the patients was 41.12±4.62 years. Out of these one hundred and fifty patients, sixteen patients had history of chest pain and myocardial infarction was diagnosed in four cases