title: [The spectrum of cardiovascular diseases at the cardiology section of the internal medicine department in Prostĕjov].
abstract: In 1981-1989 in the cardiological part of the medical department in Prostĕjov 6255 patients (mean age 62.8 years) were admitted on account of cardiovascular diseases. The most frequent cause for admission was acute coronary syndrome (57%). The hospital lethality differs markedly in new myocardial infarctions (19.5%) and unstable angina, where no death was recorded. The second most frequent disease are cardiac arrhythmias (20.5%) with a low lethality of 0.7%. These are followed by cardiac insufficiencies (incidence 9.2%, lethality 12.8%), pulmonary embolism incidence 5%, lethality 9.9%) and inflammatory heart diseases (pericarditis, myocarditis, endocarditis) with a mean incidence of 1.3% and lethality of 7.6%. The mean lethality of hospitalized cardiovascular diseases was 8%.
authors.affiliation: Interní oddĕlení, Okresní ústav národního zdraví Prostĕjov.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lukl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Heinc
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rezácová
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Navrátil
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D003604:Czechoslovakia; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Spektrum kardiovaskulárních onemocnĕní na kardiologické cásti interního oddĕlení v Prostĕjovĕ.