Prevalence, Clinical Characteristics, and Risk Among Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease in the Young Jordanian Population

• Main Authors: Raffee LA, Alawneh KZ, Ibdah RK, Rawashdeh SI, Zoghoul S, Ewais AS, Al-Mistarehi AH
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press 2020-11-01
• Series: Open Access Emergency Medicine
• Subjects: family history; ischemic heart disease; myocardial infarction; risk factors; young
• Online Access: https://www.dovepress.com/prevalence-clinical-characteristics-and-risk-among-patients-with-ische-peer-reviewed-article-OAEM

Liqaa A Raffee,1 Khaled Z Alawneh,2 Rashid K Ibdah,3 Sukaina I Rawashdeh,3 Sohaib Zoghoul,4 Abdel Salam Ewais,1 Abdel-Hameed Al-Mistarehi5 1Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 2Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 3Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan; 4Medical Education Department, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar; 5Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanCorrespondence: Liqaa A Raffee Department of Accident and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of MedicineJordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, JordanEmail [e-mail]: This study aims to evaluate the prevalence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) among the young population in Jordan. We examined the risk factors that might be involved in disease incidence. Clinical characteristics, patients’ living standards, and various other risk factors were considered to conduct the study.Methods: A retrospective study was conducted at King Abdullah University Hospital. Data were collected from patients who visited this hospital between January 2013 and December 2017. Only young Jordanian adults of age < 50 years were included in this study. The data of 358 patients were purposively collected and analyzed (as per the determined inclusion criteria), where information related to their baseline characteristics, clinical characteristics, and related biochemical assays was reviewed.Results: This study showed a high prevalence of IHD among young males in Jordan. It also revealed that increased age, smoking, hypertension, unfavorable lipid profile, and obesity were the major possible risk factors for the occurrence of disease. These patients were initially diagnosed with either unstable angina or acute myocardial infarction. Initial WBCs count, particularly monocytes differential, was high in about one-third of patients, besides cardiac biomarkers.Conclusion: The high incidence of IHD was noticed among young individuals. We suggest that more efforts should be instigated for reducing the high prevalence of IHD by adopting a healthy lifestyle, preventive attitude, and nutritious food intake.Keywords: family history, ischemic heart disease, myocardial infarction, risk factors, young, Jordan