
Dr. Nilufar Fatema
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh
Abstract Title:Myocardial infarction in patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: A cross sectional study in tertiary hospital of Bangladesh
Biography: Dr. Nilufar Fatema has completed her MBBS on 2000 from Dhaka University (DU), Diploma in Cardiology on 2006 from DU, MSc in Clinical Cardiology from Imperial College London on 2009. She is a Fellow of European Society of Cardiology. She is working as an Assistant Professor of Cardiology in a post graduate teaching hospital (BSMMU) in Dhaka Bangladesh. She has published more than 50 papers in National and International journals. She has achieved UK study Alumni award in 2022 in Social impact category.
Research Interest: Stroke and myocardial infarction are the main manifestation of circulatory disease. Stroke, followed by cardiovascular diseases, represent the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Both entities share risk factors, pathophysiology and etiologic aspects by means of a main common mechanism, atherosclerosis. However, each entity has its own peculiarities. An ischemic stroke increases the risk of suffering a coronary heart disease, and vice versa. The aims of the study were to observe the myocardial infarction in patients with ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke. A Cross-sectional observational study was conducted from September 2014 to February 2023 in the department of Neurology and Cardiology, BSMMU, Dhaka. 780 patients of both ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke confirmed by neuroimaging (CT scan of head/ MRI of brain), meeting the inclusion and exclusion criteria were included in the study. Among them 600 were ischemic and 180 were hemorrhagic stroke patients. Myocardial infarction was present in 100 (16.7%) cases and 10 (5.6%) cases in ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke respectively. This study suggests that myocardial infarction is more common in patients with ischemic than hemorrhagic stroke.