What We Know About Cardiac Function of Our Retired People.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Bangladesh is one of the twenty countries in the world with the largest elderly populations, and by 2025, along with four other Asian countries, will account for 44% of world’s total elderly population. This rapidly increasing population is a new and important group in terms of social and health policy in the country. As retired geriatric population is increasing day by day and there is a striking increase in their life expectancy and age is a key risk factor for coronary artery disease and because morbidity and mortality from coronary artery diseases increase with age. so evaluation of the cardiac function of retired persons are essential.Objective:
To analyze the cardiovascular function of retired geriatric population in terms of measurement of ejection fraction by echocardiography.Design:
This was a cross-sectional study.Participants:
70 Retired persons aged 57 years and above without known hypertension, diabetes, renal diseases as study group and 70 healthy adult aged 18-55 years as control group were included in this study. All were obtained from different areas of greater Mymensingh districts of Bangladesh. Intervention Ejection fraction by echocardiography. Out comemeasures:
Ejection fraction fraction %.Results:
Significant decrease of ejection fraction was found in the study group( 57 years and above) in comparison to control group.(P<0.01) The mean ejection fraction in different age group shows that there is decrease in ejection fraction of study groups than the control groups irrespective of age.Limitation:
There was scarcity of Echocardiography at Mymensingh Medical College Hospital. Color doppler echocardiograph was poorly available at the present settings. So diastolic function can not be assessed.Conclusion:
Though the mean ejection fraction value was significantly decreased in 57 years and above, which was progressively decreased by age, yet nearly all the values(2.72%) were within normal physiological limits. So, it seems that the retired geriatric population was having good cardiac function in our setting.
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Type of study:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Language:
En
Year:
2008
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Article