Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases in the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Peru

Objective: To know the prevalence of heart diseases and their comorbidities in all patients of a cardiology service from a Peruvian hospital. Material and methods: A descriptive observational study was conducted in a third level Peruvian hospital (Dos de Mayo National Hospital, Lima, Peru) between January 2016 and December 2017. Results: We included 446 patients who entered the service. The most frequent heart diseases were heart failure (51.57%), congenital heart defects (23.99%), atrial fibrillation (17.49%) and acute myocardial infarction (14.57%).The most frequent comorbidities were arterial hypertension (7.62%), chronic kidney disease (5.38%) and diabetes mellitus (2.02%). Conclusions: This study reports heart diseases and comorbidities in a cardiology service. The results will serve for the approach of the sample of other studies, and could be useful for health administrators, since they will have evidence to prioritize resources for the most frequent diseases.