What causes ischemic heart disease?

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What causes ischemic heart disease?

When coronary arteries become blocked, blood and oxygen cannot be delivered to the heart, which eventually results in heart muscle death. This comes from the following risk factors:

  • stress
  • Eating high-fat foods
  • Smoking
  • Consuming alcoholic beverages
  • No exercise
  • Overweight
  • High blood fat and sugar levels

Ischemic heart disease

  • Chest congestion
  • Sweating
  • Heart palpitations
  • Can’t breathe
  • Pain radiating to the left arm
  • A feeling of pain below the epigastric region, similar to gastritis or acid reflux.

Screening and diagnosis of coronary artery disease

Use medical technology tools, such as:

ECHO (Earthquake)

  • Echocardiogram is a way to look at the size of the heart while the muscles contract. It checks the function of the heart using high-frequency waves from a transducer through the chest wall to the heart and reflects back. The computer converts the signals into images and displays them on the screen.

EST Exercise Cardiac Fitness Test

Electrocardiogram

  • Check the electrical activity of the heart. It works by using electrical currents to control the rhythm of the heartbeat. If there is a mistake, it will affect the heart rate and the heart muscle ischemia.

Treatment of coronary artery disease

Use medicine

  • Such as blood thinning drugs administered intravenously
  • Nitroglycerine relieves chest pain.
  • Blood lipid-lowering drugs

Transcatheter coronary angioplasty

  • By inserting a device into an artery, it expands the blocked blood vessel, allowing blood to flow to the heart, resulting in better heart function.

Coronary artery bypass surgery

  • Arteries and veins from other parts of the body are connected together to replace the original blood vessels that are narrowed in many places.

Prevention of coronary heart disease

Things to avoid

  • Smoking
  • Drink alcohol
  • Eating large amounts of high-fat foods
  • Anger, anger
  • No exercise

Things to do

  • Consume nutritious foods
  • Do recreational activities such as playing sports, listening to music, etc.
  • Control weight, fat and sugar levels to be within normal limits.
  • Have a regular health check at least once a year.