Hypercholesterolemia and Acute Myocardial Infarction

Al-Shamary, Abdul-Kareem; Noori Ibraheem, Media

	Hypercholesterolemia and Acute Myocardial Infarction
IRAQI JOURNALOF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Article 1, Volume 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-127
Authors
Abdul-Kareem Al-Shamary; Media Noori Ibraheem
Abstract
Abstract: The relation of serum cholesterol and LDL-C with the development and progress of atherosclerosis and CAD has been demonstrated in numerous clinical and epidemiological studies. Patients & Methods: Fifty patients admitted to the coronary care unit (CCU), in Al-Yermouk teaching hospital, in the period between Marchs to December 2007 had been studied prospectively for lipid profile and other risk factors. Result: The level of total serum cholesterol was greater than 200 mg/dl in 32 patients (64.0%), while the level of LDL-C was greater than 130 mg/dl in 25 patients (50%), and the level of HDL-C was less than 35 mg/dl in male, and less than 45 mg/dl in female, in 9 patients (18%). Discussion: Risk factors reduction is the primary clinical approach to preventing CAD morbidity and mortality. Epidemiological studies have clearly demonstrated that hypertension, smoking and dyslipidemia are the major risk factors of CAD which acts in a synergistic manner, so patients with lipid abnormalities should be early detected and carefully managed to prevent MI.

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