Coronary heart disease: review of 110 cases

A series of 110 hospitalised patients of coronary heart disease have been reviewed. This included 95 males and 15 females, age range 38-70 years. The majority [57%] of the cases belonged to the low economical group; 32% of patients were laborers, and 17% were house wives. 18% of the males were cigarette smokers. The chest pains was predominatly retrosternal [63%]. 86 [78%] cases had myocardial infarction, 15 [13.6%] cases had acute coronary insufficiency and 11 [10.4%] had angina pectoris