CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE : AN EMERGING EPIDEMIC IN NEPAL

Authors

  • Arun Maskey Shahid Gangalal National Heart Centre, Bansbari, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • A Sayami Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.
  • M R Pandey Mrigendra Samjhana Medical Trust, Kathmandu, Nepal.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.807

Abstract

ABSTRACT
Cardiovascular disease is the commonest cause of death globally and is the major contributor to the burden
of premature mortality and morbidity. Coronary artery disease ( CAD) is greatest killer of mankind. Coronary
artery disease in western industrialized countries show a declining trend. However developing countries
have shown an alarming increase. The identification of major risk factors and effective control of them
through population based strategies of prevention were mainly responsible for this decline.A few cases of
acute myocardial infarction were seen in Kathmandu ,Nepal in 1950 and in the sixties the incidence started
rising rapidly. In a study between 1960-1968 a total of 150 cases were reported with myocardial infarction
in Kathmandu , Nepal. Although national datas for incidence and prevalence on CAD in Nepal is not
available, hospital based datas on admission pattern in different hospitals of Kathmandu, capital city of
Nepal show 40 fold increase in incidence of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in last 30 years. Prevalence
of coronary artery disease (CAD) estimated from these figures of AMI cases indicate that 5 % of adult
population in Kathmandu suffer from CAD. Hence, Coronary artery disease is emerging as epidemic in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Key Words: Coronary artery disease (CAD), acute myocardial infarction (AMI), Epidemic.

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Published

2003-03-01

How to Cite

Maskey, A., Sayami, A., & Pandey, M. R. (2003). CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE : AN EMERGING EPIDEMIC IN NEPAL. Journal of Nepal Medical Association, 42(146), 122–124. https://doi.org/10.31729/jnma.807

Issue

Vol. 42 No. 146 (2003)

Section

Short Communication

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