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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0001-6002</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica Costarricense]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd. costarric]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0001-6002</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio de Médicos y Cirujanos de Costa Rica]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0001-60022021000200097</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Perfil clínico y angiográfico de las mujeres con infarto agudo al miocardio en un hospital nacional]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Clinical and angiographic profile of women with acute myocardial infarction in a national hospital]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acuña-Román]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrés]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vindas-Villarreal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Manuel Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Salas-Segura]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Donato A.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital San Rafael de Alajuela Servicio de Cardiología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[San José ]]></addr-line>
<country>Costa Rica</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>63</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>97</fpage>
<lpage>103</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0001-60022021000200097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0001-60022021000200097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0001-60022021000200097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Justificación:  La cardiopatía isquémica es la principal causa de muerte de mujeres en Costa Rica, y su incidencia ha aumentado con los años. A pesar de esto, hay pocos estudios clínicos a este respecto en nuestro país. El objetivo del presente trabajo es presentar las principales características clínicas y angiográficas de un grupo de pacientes con infarto agudo del miocardio con la idea de establecer no solo sus particularidades sino permitir comparaciones con otras poblaciones.  Métodos:  Se trató de un estudio observacional, descriptivo y retrospectivo, de un periodo de cinco años, en el cual se incluyeron a las pacientes ingresadas con infarto del miocardio a la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. Se registraron datos demográficos, de evolución clínica, complicaciones, hallazgos angiográficos, tratamiento y desenlace. El análisis estadístico fue cuantitativo descriptivo, realizado con el programa informático SPSS v.21 (IBM Corp., EEUU) y éste consistió en cálculos de frecuencia, tendencia central, medidas de variabilidad de rango, percentiles, y chi-cuadrado. El protocolo de la investigación fue aprobado por el Comité Ético Científico del Hospital Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia (DG-3380-2020).  Resultados:  De 190 pacientes se incluyeron un total de 54. La edad promedio fue de 60 años, con una mortalidad del 17,9%, la cual fue 5,4 % más alta que en los hombres. La mayor parte de las pacientes padecía de hipertensión arterial (74%), 24 (44,5%) eran taba- quistas y 23 (42,5%) tenían diabetes mellitus. Los síntomas más frecuentes fueron: dolor torácico, criodiaforesis y disnea. Se consideró que hubo dolor torácico atípico en 8 casos (15%). A 48 pacientes se le llevó a angioplastia coronaria y solo 35% la recibieron en tiempo oportuno. A 17 pacientes se les aplicó trombólisis farmacológica y solo en 3 pacientes fue exitosa. La arteria coronaria derecha y la arteria descendente anterior fueron los vasos responsables en la mayoría de los casos (19 casos (39,5%) cada uno de ellas.)  Conclusión: Esta población tuvo síntomas isquémicos claros, con enfermedad coronaria severa y una mortalidad mayor que los hombres. En general la terapia farmacológica, así como la mecánica se aplicaron en forma tardía.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstrac  Justification:  The ischemic heart disease is the main cause of death of women in Costa Rica, and its incidence has increased with the years. In spite of this, there are few clinical studies in this respect in our country. The aim of this paper is to present the main clinical and angiographic characteristics of a group of patients with acute myocardial infarction in order to establish not only their particularities but also to allow comparisons with other populations.  Methods:  An observational, descriptive and retrospective study was carried out over a period of five years, in which patients admitted with myocardial infarction to the Intensive Care Unit were included. Demographic data, clinical evolution, complications, angiographic findings, treatment, and outcome were recorded. Statistical analysis was quantitative and descriptive, performed with SPSS v.21 software (IBM Corp., USA) and consisted of calculations of frequency, central tendency, measures of variability, percentiles, and chi-square. The Ethical Committee of the Hospital Rafael Angel Calderon Guardia approved the research protocol (DG-3380-2020).  Results:  A total of 54 out of 190 patients were included. The average age was 60 years, with a mortality rate of 17.9%, which was 5.4% higher than in men. Most of the patients suffered from arterial hypertension (74%), 24 (44.5%) were smokers and 23 (42.5%) had diabetes mellitus. The most frequent symptoms were chest pain, cryodiaphoresis and dyspnea. It was considered that there was atypical chest pain in 8 cases (15%). Forty-eight patients were taken for coronary angioplasty and only 35% received it in time. Pharmacological thrombolysis was applied to 17 patients, and it was successful in only 3 patients. The right coronary artery and the anterior descending artery were the vessels responsible in most cases (19 cases (39.5%) each).  Conclusión:  This population had clear ischemic symptoms, with severe coronary disease and higher mortality than men. In general, pharmacological as well as mechanical therapy was applied late.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Infarto del miocardio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mujeres]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[angiografía coronaria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[angioplastia coronaria con balón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[estreptoquinasa]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mycocardical infarction]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[women]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[coronary angiography]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[angioplasty]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[streptokinase.]]></kwd>
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