Correlação da dislipidemia nos pacientes com isquemia crítica do Hospital Barão de Lucena - Recife/PE / Correlation of dyslipidemia in patients with critical ischemia in Hospital Barão de Lucena - Recife/PE

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: There are studies that confirm the association between dyslipidaemia and the genesis of atherosclerosis process in world literature. The goal of this study is to evaluate the incidence of the dyslipidaemia in patients with critical limb ischemia. METHODS: The analysis was made in fifty in-patients from Vascular Surgery Service from Barão de Lucena Hospital from September 2003 to August 2004. We analyzed the laboratorial tests and seen the frequency the lipids abnormalities in fifty patients. RESULTS: Among the patients evaluated 62.2% was women and 37.8% was men. The incidence of abnormalities in the lipids levels was 39.2% in women and 31.5% in the men. It was not possible to determinate the relationship between the lipids levels and the intensity of atherosclerotic lesions. CONCLUSIONS: There is a significant incidence of dyslipidaemia in the patients evaluated. All data are similar to the ones observed in the in the literature.