The most common disease of the cardiovascular system, which is based on the deterioration of blood the heart muscle - coronary insufficiency due mainly to atherosclerosis of heart coronary arteries. The notion of «ischemic heart disease» includes both the acute form of the disease (angina, myocardial infarction) and chronic (focal or diffuse cardiosclerosis, he defeat of the heart muscle). Since the development of these changes due to atherosclerosis of vessels, this type of atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis call. Often it is accompanied by a deterioration of the heart, the development of heart failure and rhythm disorders. The clinical course of coronary heart disease wave, exacerbation of the disease are alternated with periods of relative prosperity, which can not be subjective causes symptoms. Typically, the initial clinical manifestations of coronary heart disease - angina attacks of tension arising from the physical activity. Further course of the disease is usually long, for decades. In typical cases of angina pectoris strain after a while joined attacks occurring at rest. During periods of exacerbation of the disease the most real threat to the development of myocardial infarction.
Coronary heart disease is an important social problem. In place of plague, other infectious diseases were cardiovascular disease, especially coronary heart disease. The wide spread of the disease, lesions of the most valuable to society age groups, resulting in temporary or permanent incapacity of cases, and in some cases to sudden death, coronary heart disease turned into a crucial health problem century.
The massive study, carried out both in our country and abroad have highlighted the importance of so-called 1 risk factors that contribute to the emergence and progression of ischemic heart disease. These factors include, inter alia, age, hereditary predisposition, sedentary lifestyle, overeating, excess body weight, high content of lipids in the blood, high blood pressure, a violation of carbohydrate metabolism, particularly diabetes.
