Causes of coronary heart disease:
1. The main risk factors of cardiovascular diseases: age, family history, male, hypertension, smoking, elevated serum total cholesterol, elevated serum low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, decreased serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol, diabetes, and impaired renal function. 2. Potential risk factors: overweight/obesity, elevated serum TG, insulin resistance and abnormal glucose metabolism, vascular endothelial injury, increased coagulation factors, chronic inflammation, oxidative stress and sleep-disordered breathing. 3. Socio-economic/psychological and behavioral factors: low education level, economic income, occupation and change, unhealthy eating habits, people who lack physical activity, excessive drinking, mental stress, stress, some mental diseases, etc.
Who is more likely to get coronary heart disease?
Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, obesity, overweight, long-term smokers.
What are the symptoms of heart disease?
The symptoms of coronary heart disease are closely related to the degree and quantity of coronary artery stenosis, which can produce angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, heart failure and even sudden death. Angina pectoris is a typical symptom of coronary heart disease, which is characterized by paroxysmal and compressive retrosternal pain, which can radiate to shoulder, back and left upper limb.
Where is coronary heart disease?
Blood vessels are all over the body organs, constantly delivering "nutrients" to the human body. Among them, the artery that supplies blood to the heart is called coronary artery. If coronary artery atherosclerosis occurs for some reasons, it will cause stenosis or obstruction of vascular lumen, resulting in myocardial ischemia, hypoxia or necrosis, which will lead to heart disease. This is the so-called coronary atherosclerotic heart disease, coronary heart disease for short, also known as ischemic heart disease.
What are the types of coronary heart disease?
Coronary heart disease is divided into coronary atherosclerosis, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, heart failure and ischemic cardiomyopathy. Because patients with coronary heart disease often have stomachache symptoms, traditional Chinese medicine is also called coronary heart disease with chest obstruction and heartache.
Why can you get coronary heart disease if you don't smoke or drink?
This may be related to gender, age, heredity and other factors. For example, before menopause, under the protection of estrogen, women rarely suffer from severe coronary heart disease, but once they pass the watershed of menopause, they should be vigilant. In addition, long-term high-load work and high-fat, high-salt and high-sugar diet are also risk factors for coronary heart disease.
How to diagnose coronary heart disease?
Through the clinical examination of patients' clinical manifestations and risk factors, such as electrocardiogram, dynamic electrocardiogram, ultrasound, coronary CT, myocardial enzyme spectrum determination, etc.
Coronary heart disease is a lifestyle disease, so it is very important to maintain a good routine and reasonable eating habits in life. In short, the lifestyle of preventing coronary heart disease can be summarized as 16 words: reasonable diet, proper exercise, quitting smoking and alcohol, and balanced mentality.