KNOW THE RISKS OF HEART DISEASE

HEART ATTACK

Heart diseases are largely preventable through the lifestyle. When we look for the causes of heart disease, we cannot find a single cause for it but we can find many risk factors that develop the chances of heart disease.
Knowing the risk factors can help you to prevent heart attack.

In some cases there won't be obvious symptoms for heart attack since some risk factors are silent killers. Also there are some non -modifiable risk factors like age , family history of heart disease, etc.Some of the modifiable risk factors are  smoking, high blood pressure, diabetes, physical in activeness, overweight, depression.

Nowadays medicines are available to treat angina, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, heart failure and blood vessel conditions. Medicines to be effective , should be taken for a long term regularly.
A good cardiologist should diagnose the unique personal condition and develop treatment procedures  to prevent future heart attack or stroke.

HEART DISEASE

Coronary artery disease

This occurs when arteries become narrowed so thereby restricting the blood flow to heart.

Cardiovascular disease

This associates different conditions (like coronary artery disease , abnormal heart rhythms, heart failure, heart valve disease, congenital heart disease, vascular disease) which affect the function of heart.

Heart attack

When the blood clot block the artery,heart muscle  starves for oxygen and within a short time, the heart muscle cells stop functioning, causing permanent damage. This is called a myocardial infarction (MI), or heart attack.

Stroke

When the blood vessel in the brain is blocked, stroke occurs. It is important to know the symptoms of stroke as the brain damage can begin within minutes.

Angina

Angina occurs when the heart muscle doesn't get as much blood as it needs. This usually happens when more than one heart's arteries is narrowed or blocked.

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The statistics for coronary artery disease are alarming enough to make you worry. Are you at risk for coronary artery disease? What exactly is this disease, what causes it and how do you know if you are at risk or not?

What is Coronary Artery Disease & What Causes it?

Coronary artery disease is caused by continuous buildups of plaque along the inner walls of the artery. If there is any injury to the artery, these plaques, which are fatty deposits made up of cellular waste products and cholesterol, start accumulating at the site of the injury. If this plaque breaks or bursts, blood cells immediately rush to the site and form a clump. This clump narrows down the artery, obstructing the blood flow to the heart. Diminished blood flow to the heart causes the heart muscles to work harder and eventually weakens the heart muscles contributing to abnormal heart rhythm or arrhythmia. If the artery gets completely blocked, it will cut off the blood supply to the heart. This can cause a heart attack.

Coronary Artery Disease Treatment

The first group of options is to "Reduce the risk factors" of Coronary Artery Disease which is mainly intended for patients who are at no immediate risk. This type of treatments includes making lifestyle changes. Patients who are at risk may be required to stop smoking, modify their diet to include low fat, low salt and low cholesterol foods and to keep the blood pressure in check. Physicians may also recommend exercising more in order to maintain a healthy weight.

The next step to control coronary disease will be to take heart medication. Specific Heart medication will be prescribed for the heart problem and assist the heart in receiving more oxygen-rich blood and pumping blood more efficiently into the body. Heart medication can include cholesterol lowering medications, beta-blockers, nitroglycerin and more.

The final resort will of course be surgical procedures. It can be open heart surgery or non-invasive procedures. A common solution is an Angioplasty, a non-surgical procedure for heart disease patients, mainly used to reopen blocked coronary arteries. In this procedure, the doctor will insert a "balloon catheter" to reach the blocked artery site at which point the balloon is inflated.

A coronary artery bypass surgery is the next solution which is considered a major heart surgery. When other treatment options are no longer sufficient, the doctor may recommend a bypass in order to improve the blood supply to the coronary heart muscle.

 

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