Evaluation of the Cardiac Function in Retired Peoples of Maharashtra

Maharashtra is one of developing state in the India with the more elderly population. This rapidly increasing population is a new & important group in terms of social & health policy in the country, as retired geriatric population is increasing day by day & there is a striking increase in their life expectancy & age is a key risk factor for coronary artery disease. There is more risk of morbidity & mortality from coronary artery diseases with increasing age. So evaluation of the cardiac functions of retired persons is essential. Objective - To analyze the cardiovascular function of retired geriatric population in term of measurement of ejection fraction by echocardiography. In this study 100 Retired persons aged 58 year & above without known hypertension, diabetes, renal diseases as study group & 100 healthy adult aged 18–57 year as control group were included in this study. All were obtained from different area of Maharashtra. Result - Significant decrease of ejection fraction was found in the study group (58 year & above) in conparrison to control group (p<0.01). The mean ejection fraction in different age group shows that there is decrease in ejection fraction of study groups that the control irrespective of age. Conclusion- Though the mean ejection fraction value was significantly decreased in 58 years & above, which was progressively decreased by age, yet nearly all the values (2.72%) were within normal physiological limits. So it seems that the retired geriatric population was having good cardiac function in Maharashtra in our setting.