Serum calcium in association with ischemic heart disease: a case-control study in the coronary care unit at Al-Diwaniyah Teaching Hospital

• Published in: Research journal of pharmacy and technology 2020-06, Vol.13 (6), p.2932-2935
• Main Author: Jalab, Hassan Raji
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acute coronary syndromes; Age; Angina pectoris; Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes; Frequency distribution; Gender; Heart attacks; Hypertension; Mineralization; Mortality; Risk factors; Studies; Teaching hospitals
• ISSN: 0974-3618; 0974-360X; 0974-306X
• DOI: 10.5958/0974-360X.2020.00540.5

The study group included a total of 40 patients with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, 20 patients with unstable angina (UA), and 20 patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). The poverty of national studies in our country dealing with the problem of serum calcium in association with ischemic heart disease and the existing controversy in the available published article with this health issue justified to plan and conduct this study on a sample of Iraqi patients proved to have some form of ischemic heart diseases. The study group included a total of 40 patients with a diagnosis of ischemic heart disease, 20 patients with unstable angina (UA), and 20 patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI). The search for a possible association between ischemic heart disease and newly suggested risk factors may provide a medical approach to reduce the rate of mortality and morbidity resulting from these common disorders. Local Iraq studies contain little if any information about such an association, therefore, we planned the current study and conducted it in the coronary care unit at Al-Diwaniyah teaching Hospital, a mid-Euphrates region of Iraq to explore the association between high serum calcium and ischemic heart disease, namely acute coronary syndromes.