Clinical profile of patients with established coronary artery disease and who were on atorvastatin therapy

 

V Rajendran¹, Aruna Ramani^2*

 

Abstract              Atherosclerosis affects varying circulatory compartments of the body but the manifestations are different. It affects the cerebral circulation and presents as transient ischemic events and stroke. It affects the coronary circulation and manifests as stable angina, unstable angina and myocardial infarction. It affects the renal arteries causing renal artery stenosis and it affects the peripheral vascular system causing claudication pain and even life threatening gangrene. The study subjects include Patients on established coronary artery disease that were on atorvastatin therapy 10 mg for more than 1 year, who developed an ischemic stroke evidenced by CT scan or MRI within 5 years of occurrence of the first coronary event. In our study the mean age of the population was 66.4 years. The majority of patients (25) in our study were in the age group 60 to 69 years. 66.6 % of women and 75.8% of men were having a higher than normal waist circumference. The results showed that with increasing obesity the prevalence of multiple ischemic events was increasing.

Keywords: Clinical Profile, coronary artery disease, atorvastatin therapy.