Jonathan Andrés Quintero Villamizar, a third-year Internal Medicine resident, presented the poster “Predictive variables of cardiac mortality in patients with first acute coronary syndrome in Bucaramanga” at the II Congress of Internal Medicine: Frontiers of Internal Medicine, Innovations, and Challenges, recently held at the Central Military Hospital in Bogotá.
Acute coronary syndrome continues to be one of the leading causes of years of life lost and generates high morbidity and mortality due to its multiple complications. This condition places a considerable economic burden on the healthcare system, with high hospital occupancy and costs associated with care and subsequent rehabilitation.
Based on the reported findings, de novo diabetes mellitus is the most potent risk factor, quadrupling the risk of cardiovascular mortality. Mortality was significantly associated with a higher heart rate on admission and elevated serum glucose levels. Age and reduced ejection fraction showed a tendency to increase risk, although without reaching robust statistical significance, while variables such as sex, high blood pressure, and dyslipidemia showed no significant association.
