Prevalencia de enfermedades cardiovasculares en pacientes con accidente cerebrovascular entre 60-80 años de edad en el Hospital Teodoro Maldonado Carbo durante el periodo 2019-2020.

Abstract

Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA), is defined as a clinical syndrome of vascular etiology characterized by the appearance of signs and symptoms of sudden development, due to a loss of a focal function and lasting more than 24 hours, it represents the second cause of death and the third leading cause of disability worldwide.Cardiovascular diseases play an important role in the development of the cardiovascular accident. The objective of the study was to identify the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in patients with CVA between 60- 80 years in the HTMC during 2019-2020. In this descriptivo, retrospective and crosssectional study, we worked with 281 patients with cerebrovascular accident between 60- 80 years at the Teodoro Maldonado Carbo Hospital in the 2019-2020 period; From the data obtained, it was concluded that the prevalence of cardiovascular diseases was 90.03% (253 cases), the mortality rate was 35.59% (100 cases), it was shown that hemorrhagic CVA had a rate higher mortality than ischemic, obtaining 53.33% (32 cases). The most prevalent non-cardiovascular comorbidity was diabetes mellitus with 98% (34.88%) in patients with CVA between 60-80 years. The gender that was most frequently associated in patients with CVA was the male gender with a percentage of 61.57% (173 cases) and the mean age was 70 with a standard deviation of 5.58 in patients with CVA.