Study of Clinical Profile of Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Male Patients (A Study of 60 Cases)

Heart disease is the leading cause of hospitalization and death in elderly patients. The manifestations of acute myocardial infarction are generally believed to be atypical in the elderly. Apart from diagnostic difficulty of AMI in elderly due to atypical clinical presentation, management of such cases is also challenging. Literature survey John Hunter, a brilliant English physician of the eighteenth century, was probably the first in Western medicine to paint the clinical picture of chest pain, called angina pectoris, and sudden death. Problem definition The purpose of this study is to describe the Risk factors, Clinical features, outcomes in AMI in Elderly (greater than60 years) patients and to study various complications.