Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation
<strong>Foundation:</strong> despite the importance of the first event of atrial fibrillation as one of the most treated medical emergencies, in Cienfuegos, there are insufficient studies describing the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of these patients. <strong><br />...
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| author | Víctor Manuel Regal Cuesta Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso Fransisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal Liz María Calvo Díaz Milagros Lisset León Regal |
| author_facet | Víctor Manuel Regal Cuesta Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso Fransisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal Liz María Calvo Díaz Milagros Lisset León Regal |
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| description | <strong>Foundation:</strong> despite the importance of the first event of atrial fibrillation as one of the most treated medical emergencies, in Cienfuegos, there are insufficient studies describing the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of these patients. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to clinically and epidemiologically characterize patients with the first event of atrial fibrillation in Cienfuegos between the years 2020-2022.<br /> <strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was made up of 54 patients diagnosed with a first event of atrial fibrillation admitted to the Cardiology Service of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital in Cienfuegos between the years 2020-2022. The variables studied were: age, sex, skin color, toxic habits, personal pathological history, clinical manifestations, echocardiographic parameters and treatment. The absolute and relative frequencies of the variables were calculated. The results were presented in tables. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the male sex, the age group of 36-55 years, white skin color, and smoking predominated. The most common personal pathological history was: high blood pressure (74.1 %), type 2 diabetes mellitus (16.7 %) and valvular heart disease (11.1 %). The most frequent clinical manifestations were: palpitations (77.8 %), followed by dyspnea (12.9 %). Echocardiographic parameters were within the normal range. Pharmacological treatment was applied to 68.5 % followed by pharmacological and electrical cardioversion in 16.7 %. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the largest number of patients with a first event of atrial fibrillation have a structurally healthy heart, so the prevention of recurrences is considered of vital importance, this will avoid the creation of electrical and anatomical conditions that perpetuate the arrhythmia. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0f52ad1e40484b138bc07d9617d07bba2025-08-20T03:50:32ZspaUniversidad de las Ciencias Médicas de CienfuegosRevista Finlay2221-24342024-03-011416377700Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial FibrillationVíctor Manuel Regal Cuesta0Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés1Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso2Fransisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal3Liz María Calvo Díaz4Milagros Lisset León Regal5Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos.Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Cienfuegos. Cienfuegos.<strong>Foundation:</strong> despite the importance of the first event of atrial fibrillation as one of the most treated medical emergencies, in Cienfuegos, there are insufficient studies describing the clinical-epidemiological characteristics of these patients. <strong><br />Objective:</strong> to clinically and epidemiologically characterize patients with the first event of atrial fibrillation in Cienfuegos between the years 2020-2022.<br /> <strong>Method:</strong> a descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out. The universe was made up of 54 patients diagnosed with a first event of atrial fibrillation admitted to the Cardiology Service of the Dr. Gustavo Aldereguía Lima General University Hospital in Cienfuegos between the years 2020-2022. The variables studied were: age, sex, skin color, toxic habits, personal pathological history, clinical manifestations, echocardiographic parameters and treatment. The absolute and relative frequencies of the variables were calculated. The results were presented in tables. <br /><strong>Results:</strong> the male sex, the age group of 36-55 years, white skin color, and smoking predominated. The most common personal pathological history was: high blood pressure (74.1 %), type 2 diabetes mellitus (16.7 %) and valvular heart disease (11.1 %). The most frequent clinical manifestations were: palpitations (77.8 %), followed by dyspnea (12.9 %). Echocardiographic parameters were within the normal range. Pharmacological treatment was applied to 68.5 % followed by pharmacological and electrical cardioversion in 16.7 %. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> the largest number of patients with a first event of atrial fibrillation have a structurally healthy heart, so the prevention of recurrences is considered of vital importance, this will avoid the creation of electrical and anatomical conditions that perpetuate the arrhythmia.https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/1355fibrilación atrialinfarto del miocardiofactores de riesgoaccidente cerebrovascular |
| spellingShingle | Víctor Manuel Regal Cuesta Lázaro Enrique de la Cruz Avilés Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso Fransisco de Jesús Valladares Carvajal Liz María Calvo Díaz Milagros Lisset León Regal Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation Revista Finlay fibrilación atrial infarto del miocardio factores de riesgo accidente cerebrovascular |
| title | Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation |
| title_full | Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation |
| title_fullStr | Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation |
| title_short | Clinical-epidemiological Characterization of Patients with a First Event of Atrial Fibrillation |
| title_sort | clinical epidemiological characterization of patients with a first event of atrial fibrillation |
| topic | fibrilación atrial infarto del miocardio factores de riesgo accidente cerebrovascular |
| url | https://revfinlay.sld.cu/index.php/finlay/article/view/1355 |
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