Complications of the acute hearth attack treated with thrombolysis

Abstract

Introduction: the myocardial acute infarct is one of the forms of the ischemic heart disease, being a health problem around the world. The authors carried out a descriptive study with the objective of determining the behavior of patients suffering a myocardial acute infarct treated by thrombolysis in the Teaching Provincial Hospital “Amalia Simoni”, of Camagüey, in the period from 2013 to 2015.
Objective: to determine the behavior of patients suffering a myocardial acute infarct treated by thrombolysis in the Teaching Provincial Hospital “Amalia Simoni”, of Camagüey.
Material and methods: the simple was formed by all the 146 patients who entered the Teaching Provincial Hospital “Amalia Simoni” in the before-mentioned period with a diagnosis of myocardial acute infarct. Descriptive statistic methods were used and frequency and percentage were determined.
Results: the study showed the predominance of men aged 60-79 years, with antecedents of arterial hypertension and a high number of cigarette smokers, classified in Killip&Kimball I and II. The patients treated before 3 hours passed showed excellent results, and with immediate complications on the heath muscle.
Conclusions: thrombolytic treatment is very effective in the first 3 hours after the symptoms beginning.