Análise da incidência de doenças coronarianas em mulheres diabéticas no período pós-menopausa na cidade de Campina Grande, Paraíba.

Abstract

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes types 1 and 2, affecting about half of all diabetics. This study aimed to conduct an epidemiological study on the onset of coronary heart disease in diabetic women in post-menopausal women being treated at John XXIII Hospital and University Hospital Alcides Carneiro (HUAC) in the city of Campina Grande, Paraíba. And with the data collected, check the time between the onset of menopause and DAC. And then guide the female diabetic population on the risks of developing this disease. Seven were diabetic before menopause; seventeen developed coronary heart disease after menopause, and installation of diabetes. It was concluded that despite a small n the work is in agreement with the literature, and women, diabetics are more prone to coronary events after menopause.