Comorbilidades en pacientes con hipertensión arterial que inducen a enfermedad cerebrovascular en el Hospital General Guasmo Sur 2017-2019.

Abstract

Introduction: C erebrovascular disease is known as the third cause of death worldwide, there are different pathophysiological mechanisms considered by which patients could develop this disease, putting arterial hypertension as the first cause. If we add comorbidity to this base hypertension, be it metabolic or cardiac, it can increase the risk of developing these lesions. Methodology: The present study is descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective, observational, analytical cohort, of patients admitted to the Guasmo Sur General Hospital who presented a cerebrovascular event with a previous diagnosis of arterial hypertension; we analyzed comorbidities of these patients and those that were related to CVD were listed. Outcomes: of the 108 patients in this study, 64 were men, which represents 59% of the cases and 44 were women (41%). Ischemic lesions occurred more frequently in patients and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and metabolic syndrome had the highest incidence. Discussion: Cerebrovascular disease is a neurological disease that has shown a relative incidence in our society, managing to compare the results with various studies in our environment. According to our data obtained, we verified that the results obtained by studies before ours were replicated in our study population.