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Coronary Angiography in Qatar: The First Ten Years

J. Horak, MD

H.A. Hajar, MD, FACC

Amer Chaikhouni, MD

Hamad General Hospital P.O. Box 8795 Aleppo-Syria Doha, Qatar

Cardiac catheterization in Qatar was initiated in July 1982. In ten years, a total of 3900 procedures were performed at Hamad General Hospital. Computerized data registry has been maintained since 1982. Isolated coronary angiography was done in 2911 patients; of these, 2635 (90.5%) were men, and 276 (9.5%) were women, the average age of the patients was 47 ± 9.2 years (range, twenty-five to eighty-eight). Patients' nationality was Qatari in 492 (17%), and other Arabs in 610 (21%), and 1512 (52%) were from the Asian subcontinent. Myocardial infarction was the most common indication (43%) . Single-vessel disease was found in 638 (22%), two-vessel disease in 630 (22%), three- vessel disease in 950 (33%), and nonsignificant coronary artery disease in 693 (24%) patients. Morbidity related to the coronary angiography was reported in 147 (5%) patients, but there was no mortality related to the procedure. In 822 (28%) patients, the age was forty years or younger. The angiographic findings of these younger patients were compared with those of the older ones. Younger patients were usually men of Asian subcontinental origin with a recent myocardial infarction (MI). Often, they had normal coronary arteries or single-vessel disease. Patients of Asian subcontinent origin were usually young male patients with a recent MI, who receive streptokinase, and have single- vessel disease.

Angiology, Vol. 49, No. 8, 625-630 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804900806


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