5/13/2008

What is coronary heart disease

It is well known coronary heart disease is a病名, but to ask how the case is whether the coronary heart disease, inverted may not be able to say that very clearly. So, what is coronary heart disease? »Coronary heart disease is coronary atherosclerotic heart disease referred to. It is because of nutrient supply to the heart's blood vessels - in a coronary artery caused by atherosclerosis. This plaque of atherosclerosis, the accumulation in the coronary artery intima, the passage of time, grew larger, so that even coronary occlusion lumen stenosis, as water pipe or bottle mouth was a long gradual accumulation of alkaline water plug Or narrowed, resulting in a reduction of myocardial blood flow, insufficient oxygen supply to the heart of the normal work by the different levels of impact, resulting in a series of ischemic performance, such as chest tightness, Bieqi, angina, myocardial infarction And even sudden death, and so on.

Therefore, coronary heart disease also known as ischemic heart disease. Coronary heart disease in the country average prevalence rate of about 6.49 percent, and the prevalence rate of growth increased with age, so the elderly coronary heart disease is the most common form of cardiovascular disease.

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