Risk of coronary heart diseases in chronic renal failure patients in al-leith hospital
International Journal of Development Research
Risk of coronary heart diseases in chronic renal failure patients in al-leith hospital
Received 03rd October, 2019; Received in revised form 17th November, 2019; Accepted 21st December, 2019; Published online 29th January, 2020
Copyright © 2020, Tatiana Almeida Couto et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
This study was conducted with the main objectives of determination the risk of Coronary Heart diseases in patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) in 25 Saudi males and females patients on hemodialysis. The data was collected from the unit of hemodialysis in Al - leith hospital. So 25 patients with kidney failure were tested, Following the distribution of the questionnaire, the following results were obtained: - The proportion of women is greater than men with renal failure (women 64% and men 30%) -The number of patients who have been diagnosed with heart disease after 4% renal failure. - The number of patients who have had hypertension after 56% renal failure. In this study 8% (2/25) of patients with total cholesterol were reported, this is a significant increase in level. Hypercholesterolemia has been confirmed as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. - Also in this study 28% (7/25) of patients with high triglycerides were reported, this is a significant level increase. High triglyceride is not confirmed whether it is really an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease.
