Atherosclerosis in patients hospitalized at the Internal Medicine Clinic in Mostar in the past three years

Atherosclerosis, polygenetic, multifactorial and chronic progressive disease of arteries leaves significant consequences on organs and their systems and cause frequent hospitalisations of patients. Aim found out frequency of atherosclerosis process and its consequences (acute myocardial infarction,...

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Published inMedicinski arhiv Vol. 58; no. 2 Suppl 1; p. 27
Main Authors Hadziomerović, Mustafa, Fazlibegović, Emir, Fazlibegović, Fadila, Dilić, Mirza
Format Journal Article
LanguageBosnian
Published Bosnia and Herzegovina 2004
Subjects
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Arteriosclerosis - epidemiology
Arteriosclerosis - therapy
Bosnia and Herzegovina - epidemiology
Female
Hospitalization
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Risk Factors
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Summary:Atherosclerosis, polygenetic, multifactorial and chronic progressive disease of arteries leaves significant consequences on organs and their systems and cause frequent hospitalisations of patients. Aim found out frequency of atherosclerosis process and its consequences (acute myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, cerebrovascular insult, renal diseases and diseases of peripheral blood vessels) together with risc factors (artery hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, smoking, obesitas, stress an so on.) at patients of Internal Clinic in Mostar in the last three years (2001; 2002; 2003). During last three years we hospitalised 7278 patients which consequences and manifestations of arterosclerosis process had 4825 patients or 66.29% (male 2595 or 53.7% and female 2230 or 46.22%. Most frequent were CM (1496 or 31%) CAD (1036 or 21.47%) peripheral vessel diseases (169 or 3.5%) and the most significant CVI (104 or 2.15%) which were at our clinic as complication for other internal diseases.