Coronary heart disease

... Coronary heart disease Introduction This disease, also known as Ischemic heart disease is caused by the narrowing or blocking of a coronary artery by fatty tissue and fibrons which deprive the heart muscle of oxygen rich blood, the effect may be death if extreme or if the deprivation is only mild the effect will be angina pectoris. After repeated attacks the results are the progressive destruction of the myocardium. The result of which is the destruction of the left ventricle or ventricular fibrillation, which is an uncontrolled and uncoordinated twitching of the ventricle muscle that will cause certain cardiac death. A coronary bypass or a balloon angioplasty are instigated to combat against this potential threat, these are seen as the last resort if medication and diet are unable to control the progressive coronary heart disease and if the myocardial damage is not too extensive. Ischemic heart disease, atherosclerotic plaque, cardiac infarction The narrowing of

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