In-Hospital Outcomes of Female Patients With Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction

Background The aim of this study was to determine the in-hospital outcome of female patients with inferior wall myocardial infarction (MI). Methodology This study was conducted from January to December 2017 at the Department of Cardiology, National Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Karachi. A total of 59 women admitted with inferior wall MI were enrolled in the study. In all patients, in-hospital outcomes were observed. Descriptive statistics were applied. Stratification was done using chi-square test, and p-value of ≤0.05 was considered significant. Results The mean age of study participants was 58.80 ± 9.17 years, while 247 (79.7%) participants were above 50 years of age. The mean onset of duration of sign and symptoms of inferior wall MI was 3.48 ± 1.53 hours. There were 36 (61.0%) patients who had diabetes mellitus, 46 (78.0%) had hypertension, 17 (28.8%) were obese, nine (15.3%) had a family history of MI, and three (5.1%) were smokers. There were 43 (72.9%) patients who were illiterate. In our study, eight (13.6%) females were found to have sinus bradycardia, seven (11.9%) had sinus tachycardia, three (5.1%) had atrial fibrillation, and 24 (40.7%) had complete heart block. Mortality was noted in five (8.5%) patients. Conclusions Women with an acute inferior wall MI had a higher rate of complete heart block and adverse in-hospital outcomes. Female gender itself with inferior wall MI may be at risk for in-hospital adverse outcomes.