ABSTRACT
To compare the angiographic findings in patients with acute myocardial infarction [AMI] and compare it with diabetic and non-diabetic patients admitted in the cardiology department of LUHMS. Descriptive analytical study. Department of cardiology at Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences [LUMHS] Hospital, Hyderabad. Periods of 1[st] June 2012 to 31[st] July 2013. All patients with AMI and had diabetes mellitus and age eighteen or more than eighteen years both male and female were included after taking informed consent. Out of 297 patients diagnosed as AMI, 195 [65.65%] patients had acute ST elevation Myocardial Infarction and 102 [34.35%] patients had acute non ST elevation myocardial infarction. Among 297 patients, 190 [64%] patients were non-diabetic and 107 [36%] patients were diabetic. Diabetic patients were older, more often males, but prevalence of smoking was less marked. Coronary angiographic findings among patients with AMI and diabetics revealed three vessels disease. Older patients with male predominance presented with AMI and had diabetes mellitus were found to have three vessels disease in coronary angiography