What is Ischemic heart disease?
What is Ischemic heart disease?
- Ischemic heart disease: Heart disease from reduced blood flow to the heart.
- Ischemic heart disease: recurring thoracic pain or discomfort which occurs when a part of the heart does not receive enough blood; usually caused by exertion or excitement.
Source - Diseases Database
Ischemic heart disease: Introduction
Types of Ischemic heart disease:
Broader types of Ischemic heart disease:
How many people get Ischemic heart disease?
Prevalance of Ischemic heart disease: 68 per 1000 (NHIS95)
Prevalance Rate of Ischemic heart disease: approx 1 in 14 or 6.80% or 18.5 million people in USA [about data]
How serious is Ischemic heart disease?
Complications of Ischemic heart disease:
see complications of Ischemic heart disease
Deaths for Ischemic heart disease: 529,659 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)
What causes Ischemic heart disease?
Causes of Ischemic heart disease: see causes of Ischemic heart disease
Risk factors for Ischemic heart disease:
see
risk factors for Ischemic heart disease
What are the symptoms of Ischemic heart disease?
Symptoms of Ischemic heart disease:
see symptoms of Ischemic heart disease
Complications of Ischemic heart disease:
see complications of Ischemic heart disease
Ischemic heart disease: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Ischemic heart disease.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Ischemic heart disease.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Ischemic heart disease:
see treatments for Ischemic heart disease
Research for Ischemic heart disease:
see research for Ischemic heart disease
Society issues for Ischemic heart disease
Hospitalization statistics for Ischemic heart disease:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Ischemic heart disease:
- 555 per 100,000 rate for hospitalizations for Ischemic Heart Disease in Canada 1995 Surveillance on-line, 1998 LCDC, Health Canada)
- 3.21% (409,412) of hospital episodes were for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 75% of hospital consultations for ischaemic heart disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 64% of hospital episodes for ischaemic heart disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 36% of hospital episodes for ischaemic heart disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 59% of hospital admissions for ischaemic heart disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 7.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Physician office visits for Ischemic heart disease: 11,883,000 people visited a physician’s office for ischemic heart disease in the US 2001 (National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001)
Organs Affected by Ischemic heart disease:
Organs and body systems related to Ischemic heart disease include:
Name and Aliases of Ischemic heart disease
Main name of condition: Ischemic heart disease
Other names or spellings for Ischemic heart disease:
Ischaemic heart disease
Angina pectoris, Coronary artery arteriosclerosis, IHD, Myocardial ischaemia, Stenocardia, Ischaemic heart disease
Source - Diseases Database
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