Ischemia is considered one of the most common heart diseases. Like any such problem, ischemic heart disease necessarily requires treatment. Modern medicine does not stand still. Regularly there are new medicines and techniques, so even the busiest people will be able to choose the most suitable method of treatment for themselves.
Causes and symptoms of coronary artery disease
Ischemic disease provokes a decrease in the amount of blood flowing to the heart. The main reason for this is a blockage of the coronary arteries. Ischemia has several different forms. Depending on the clinical manifestation of coronary heart disease, both symptoms and treatment principles change.
The main forms of the disease are as follows:
- Ischemia can be asymptomatic without causing any discomfort. This form of the disease is also called dumb.
- Unstable angina is the form of the disease, in which each subsequent attack is stronger than the previous one or is accompanied by new symptoms. Similar attacks are signs of worsening of the general condition. Very often they precede myocardial infarction.
- Operative treatment requires stress angina pectoris - a chronic form of ischemic heart disease. The main symptoms are shortness of breath and chest pain that occurs with physical stress or stress.
- Arrhythmic ischemia can be recognized by violations of the heart rhythm. The main symptom is a flickering arrhythmia. This form of the disease without proper treatment can grow into a chronic one.
- Myocardial infarction and sudden cardiac death are the most severe forms of ischemia. They arise with a sharp decrease in the oxygen supplied to the heart.
How to treat ischemic heart disease?
The main goal of treatment for ischemic disease is to restore normal blood supply to the heart and prevent complications. There are many methods of treating ischemia. To find the most suitable should only the attending physician, relying on the results of the survey.
The most popular drugs for the treatment of coronary heart disease are the following:
- Aspirin is a remedy for the appearance of a disease. It is enough to apply it once a couple of days and the risk of blood clots will decrease significantly.
- Sometimes nitroglycerin is used to suppress an attack. The drug helps reduce pain in the chest and reduces the need for a heart in oxygen.
- Sometimes ACE inhibitors are used to treat chronic ischemic heart disease. These enzymes effectively dilate the blood vessels, so that the blood flow improves.
- Expand the blood vessels and calcium blockers. These drugs also help reduce blood pressure and improve overall health.
The most common methods of treating ischemia are:
- Very often, coronary angioplasty is used to treat coronary heart disease. It is in the introduction of a catheter in the heart.
- Brachytherapy assumes the effect of radiation on the site of blockage. A procedure is prescribed after a more sparing treatment, in
If the blockages reappear. - Atherectomy is a method used when the thrombi greatly increase in size and solidify. For the procedure, blockage must be localized.
- Aorto-coronary bypass surgery is the standard procedure, during which the blocked artery sections are shunted by vessels taken from the internal thoracic artery.
All surgical methods for treating ischemic heart disease are indicated for patients suffering from severe disease and those to whom medication did not help.