RESULTS:
A total of 744 AMI patients were enrolled during the study period (Table
1). The mean age of participants was 51.7 years. The majority were male
(91%) and more than three-fourth of the participants reported tobacco
use. Sixty three percent had family history of CVD. The most commonly
reported chronic illness was hypertension (38.3%) followed by diabetes
(25.1%). Among the cases 91.1% were of new onset AMI and 80.8% were
STEMI. Majority of the STEMI cases were inferior STEMI (41.4%).