女性の急性心筋梗塞の早期警告症状
Jean C McSweeney1, Marisue Cody, Patricia O'Sullivan
1College of Nursing, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 4301 W Markham St, Slot 529, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA. jcmcsweeney@uams.edu
Circulation
|November 5, 2003
まとめ
ほとんどの女性は急性心筋梗塞 (AMI) 前に,疲労や睡眠障害を含むプロドラム症状を経験します. これらの心臓発作前の症状は一般的であり,リスクの増加を示唆する可能性があります.
科学分野:
- 心臓病学 心臓病学
- 女性の健康 女性の健康
- 症状学 研究 症状学
背景:
- 女性における急性心筋梗塞 (AMI) に先行するプロドロマ症状に関するデータはほとんどありません.
- この研究は,AMI前およびその間に女性が経験したプロドロマおよび急性症状を詳細に説明することを目的とした.
研究 の 目的:
- AMIと診断された女性が経験するプロドロマおよび急性症状を記述する.
- 女性におけるプロドロマ症状と急性症状の関係を調べる.
主な方法:
- AMIと診断された515人の女性を対象とした調査は,退院後4~6ヶ月間に行われました.
- マクスウィーニー急性およびプロドロマル心筋梗塞症状調査は,症状,併発症,および人口統計に関するデータを収集するために使用されました.
- 症状の頻度と強度は,プロドロマと急性スコアを計算するために使用されました.
主要な成果:
- 女性の95%がプロドラム症状を報告し,最も頻繁に異常な疲労 (70.7%),睡眠障害 (47.8%),呼吸困難 (42.1%) を報告した.
- 胸の不快感は女性のわずか29.7%で報告され,典型的な男性のプレゼンテーションと対照的です.
- 呼吸困難 (57.9%),弱さ (54.8%),疲労 (42.9%) が最も頻繁な急性症状であり,43%が急性胸痛を経験しなかった.
- プロドロマ症状スコアは,急性症状と有意に相関しており,リスク要因をコントロールした後の急性症状の33.2%を占めていた.
結論:
- ほとんどの女性は,AMIの前にプロドロマ症状を経験します.
- これらのプロドラム症状が将来の心臓疾患を予測できるかどうかを判断するために,さらなる研究が必要である.
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