Clinico-angiographic profiles and in-hospital outcomes of non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction in Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Objectives: This work aimed to study the clinical, angiographic profiles and in-hospital outcomes of NSTEMI cases in Duhok, Iraq.
 Methods: prospective involved 283 patients with who were admitted Azadi teaching hospital/Azadi heart center Kurdistan region Iraq, between 2021 2022. The patient's demographic variables, major cardiovascular risk factors (smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia family history coronary artery disease), clinical presentation, past myocardial infarction/ previous percutaneous intervention (PCI) drug collected. GRACE score was calculated for each patient. Patients followed up regarding management strategies (whether conservative or invasive approach), complications outcomes.
 Results: mean 142±26. 70% underwent angiography/ angioplasty, a time 8 days. 17% sample had developed different complications, failure being most common. mortality rate 7.4%.
 Conclusion: demonstrated higher rates, especially among scores, compared rates found available studies, particularly western countries. finding could be secondary suboptimal terms proportion it.