title: [Risk factors in acute myocardial infarct and cerebral ischemic disease].
abstract: Ten risk factors (RF) were sought and compared in 100 patients with acute myocardial infarct (MI) and 50 with cerebrovascular disease (CVD) on their first admission. No other diseases were present. Only 3 subjects were free of the RF. At least three RF were noted in 71 MI (71%) and 32 CVD (64%), and four or more in 51 (51%) and 22 (44%) respectively. The most commonly observed in both groups were: high total: HDL cholesterol ratio, cigarette smoking, hypertriglyceridaemia, arterial hypertension, hyperuricaemia Total blood cholesterol was more frequently above normal in MI (52%) than CVD (28%). The difference between the means was significant (p less than 0.01). No significant differences, on the other hand, were noted for the other RF. These findings suggest that the definition of RF for MI and CVD patients is both practicable and important in the secondary prevention of these two diseases. They also show that their atherosclerotic risk profile is substantially the same.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000473:pathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008076:Cholesterol, HDL / Q000097:blood; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000209:etiology*; D012306:Risk; D012907:Smoking; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D008076:Cholesterol, HDL; D014280:Triglycerides; D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol
vernacular_title: Fattori di rischio nell'infarto miocardico acuto e nella malattia ischemica cerebrale.