
Se realizó un estudio transversal y descriptivo, con el objetivo de definir la morbilidad por enfermedad cardiovascular en pacientes de 60 años y más, en un consultorio médico perteneciente al Policlínico Docente "Dr. Mario Escalona Reguera" del municipio Habana del Este, en el período entre marzo y diciembre del año 2000. Fueron incluidos 69 pacientes, 52 de los cuales (75,3 %) presentó algún tipo de enfermedad cardiovascular, y fue el sexo femenino el más afectado (51,9 %). La enfermedad que se encontró con mayor frecuencia fue la hipertensión arterial (43 pacientes para un 62,3 %), observamos que la sistodiastólica (86,1 %) y el estadio II (53,5 %) fue donde se incluyeron mayor número de individuos. Otras enfermedades encontradas fueron los trastornos electrocardiográficos (33 pacientes para un 47,8 %) y valvulopatías (18 pacientes para un 26 %).A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in order to define morbidity due to cardiovascular disease in patients aged 60 and over in a family physician’s office of "Dr. Mario Escalona Reguera" Teaching Polyclinic, in Habana del Este municipality, from March to December, 2000. 69 patients were included. 52 of them (75.3 %) had some type of cardiovascular disease and females were the most affected (51.9 %). Arterial hypertension was the most commonly found disease (43 patients for 62.3 %). Most of the individuals were included in the systodiastolic (86.1 %) and in stage II (53.5 %). Electrocardiographic disorders (33 patients for 47.8 %) and valvulopathies (18 patients for 26 %) were other of the diseases detected.
Medicine (General), HYPERTENSION, FAMILY PRACTICE, ARRHYTMIA, MEDICINA COMUNITARIA, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, MEDICINA FAMILIAR, MORBIDITY, ISQUEMIA MIOCARDICA, R5-920, MORBILIDAD, ANCIANO, ARRITMIA, COMMUNITY MEDICINE, MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES, HIPERTENSION, AGED
Medicine (General), HYPERTENSION, FAMILY PRACTICE, ARRHYTMIA, MEDICINA COMUNITARIA, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES, MEDICINA FAMILIAR, MORBIDITY, ISQUEMIA MIOCARDICA, R5-920, MORBILIDAD, ANCIANO, ARRITMIA, COMMUNITY MEDICINE, MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA, ENFERMEDADES CARDIOVASCULARES, HIPERTENSION, AGED
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