Characterization of patients with acute myocardial disease submitted to angioplasty in a private hospital

Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) is one of the diseases with the highest incidence and mortality in the world and in Brazil. The death rate in the country reaches 183.3 / 100.000 inhabitants and represents a serious public health problem. The aim of this study is to know the profile of patients with AMI who underwent angioplasty in a private hospital in Teresina-PI in 2017. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach, performed at the Medical and Statistical Archives Service of a private hospital. reference in cardiac surgeries and emergency in Teresina-PI. Data were collected using a script containing sociodemographic variables and clinical data. To build the database, Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheet software was used and for statistical analysis, the Statistical Package for Social Sciences - SPSS version 22.0. Of the 274 patients submitted to angioplasty, 74.8% were male, 16.1% had completed elementary school, 58.8% were married, 30.3% had a farming profession. 71.2% are Catholic, 58.8% have a brown color and 46.7% have interior provenance of the state. The largest concentration of people was in the age group 51-60 years, a total of 38.2%. The main risk factors evidenced to AMI were hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia. It was evidenced that 66.4% and 60.6% of the patients were not alcoholics and smokers, respectively. Knowledge about risk factors is of fundamental importance for clinical management, as it is an essential determinant in the elaboration of public health policies for primary and secondary prevention of the pathology group.