Resulting diseases due to atherosclerosis in population treated by four medical offices

Authors

  • Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández Centro de Investigación y Referencia de Aterosclerosis de La Habana (CIRAH)
  • Claudia Alemañy Díaz-Perera Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana.
  • Eduardo Alemañy Pérez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana.

Keywords:

resulting disease, atherosclerosis, primary health care.

Abstract

Introduction: Atherosclerosis is a complex disease, as old as man, whom it accompanies from conception to death.

Objective: To describe the behavior of diseases resulting from atherosclerosis.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from 2016 to 2019.

Results: Heart diseases predominated, 175 (22.6 %) of the surveyed individuals were diagnosed with some type of them. 54.3 % (95 patients) had been diagnosed with heart disease. A family history of peripheral arterial disease also predominated (243 for 31.4 %). Cardiovascular diseases had the highest risk associated with arterial hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia as risk factors and in relation to the other resulting diseases, all had a high associated risk, as well as with family history of cardiovascular disease.

Conclusions: The behavior of the resulting diseases due to atherosclerosis was described. Cardiovascular diseases presented a high risk associated with most of the risk factors.

resulting disease; atherosclerosis; primary health care.

 

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Author Biographies

Georgia Díaz-Perera Fernández, Centro de Investigación y Referencia de Aterosclerosis de La Habana (CIRAH)

Doctora en Ciencias de la Salud. MSc en Epidemiología y en Salud Pública. Especialista Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral y Epidemiología. Investigadora Titular. Profesora Titular de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. georgia.diazperera@infomed.sld.cu

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7843-4755

Claudia Alemañy Díaz-Perera, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana.

 Residente de Genética Clínica. Profesora Instructora de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. georgia.diazperera@infomed.sld.cu

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3438-9195

Eduardo Alemañy Pérez, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana.

Eduardo Alemañy Pérez

Doctor en Ciencias de la Salud. MSc. en Educación Médica. Especialista Segundo Grado en Medicina General Integral. Investigador Titular. Profesor Titular de la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de La Habana. 

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5002-7664

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Published

2022-12-31

How to Cite

1.
Díaz-Perera Fernández G, Alemañy Díaz-Perera C, Alemañy Pérez E. Resulting diseases due to atherosclerosis in population treated by four medical offices. Rev Cubana Med [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 31 [cited 2025 Jul. 7];61(4). Available from: https://revmedicina.sld.cu/index.php/med/article/view/1625

Issue

Vol. 61 No. 4 (2022): octubre-diciembre

Section

Original articles

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