European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Introduction: Patients of 65 years of age and older with Acute Myocardial Infarction(AMI) have a worse prognosis due to co-morbidities and poor treatment facilities This gap is made worse by the low proportion of the elderly in clinical research and the ignorance about the consequences of ageing.. It is yet unknown what external factors have a major impact on elderly   patients' long-term prognosis following myocardial infarction. Aims and objectives: The primary purpose of this research is to assess the possible connections between patient’s age and  its associated  risk factors in case of acute myocardial infarction. Methods: A prospective comparative and descriptive study was conducted on sixty patients who visited our hospital's outpatient clinic. Patients who were below 45 years of age were assigned to Group A and those who were above 45 years of age were assigned to Group B. The baseline characteristics were obtained and other variables were compared. Risk factors of both the groups were evaluated particularly related to hypertension and both the groups were receiving same treatment. Results: Patient related risk factors are presented in Table 1. Sex differences in the sample population were not statistically significant. Risk variables such as high cholesterol, hypertension, triglycerides, LDL- cholesterol, and family history were similar. The majority of smokers were younger than 45. Over 45-year-olds who were obese had diabetes. The prevalence of hypertension was similar across categories and subgroups. Diaphragmatic myocardial infarction was prevalent  in patients older than 45 years of age (Table 3). Conclusion: In conclusion, our research discovered important risk factors for AMI, However, because it was dependent on laboratory analysis, risk assessment methods could not be fully assessed.