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16-September-2008 16:15:07 - Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease Classification and external resources ICD-10 I51.6 ICD-9 429.2 DiseasesDB 28808 MeSH D002318 Cardiovascular disease refers to the class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels arteries and veins. 1 While the term technically refers to any disease that affects the cardiovascular system as used in MeSH, it is usually used to refer to those related to atherosclerosis arterial disease. These conditions have similar causes, mechanisms, and treatments. In practice, cardiovascular disease is treated by cardiologists, thoracic surgeons, vascular surgeons, neurologists, and interventional radiologists, depending on the organ system that is being treated. There is considerable overlap in the specialties, and it is common for certain procedures to be performed by different types of specialists in the same hospital. Most Western countries face high and increasing rates of cardiovascular disease. Each year, heart disease kills more Americans than cancer.2 Diseases of the heart alone caused 30% of all deaths, with other diseases of the cardiovascular system causing substantial further death and disability. Two out of three cardiac deaths occur without any diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.3 Up until the year 2005, it was the number 1 cause of death and disability in the United States and most European countries. A large histological study PDAY showed vascular injury accumulates from adolescence, making primary prevention efforts necessary from childhood.45 By the time that heart problems are detected, the underlying cause atherosclerosis is usually quite advanced, having progressed for decades. There is therefore increased emphasis on preventing atherosclerosis by modifying risk factors, such as healthy eating, exercise and avoidance of smoking. Contents 1 Biomarkers 2 Prevention 2.1 Foods for cardiovascular health 2.2 Cardiovascular disease and salt 2.3 Oral Hygiene and Cardiovascular Disease 3 Awareness 4 Treatment 5 Types of cardiovascular diseases 6 Research 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Biomarkers Some biomarkers are thought to offer a more detailed risk of cardiovascular disease. However, the clinical value of these biomarkers is questionable.6 Currently, biomarkers which may reflect a higher risk of cardiovascular disease include: Higher fibrinogen and PAI-1 blood concentrations Elevated homocysteine, or even upper half of normal Elevated blood levels of asymmetric dimethylarginine High inflammation as measured by C-reactive protein Elevated blood levels of brain natriuretic peptide also known as B-type BNP 7 Prevention Attempts to prevent cardiovascular disease are more effective when they remove and prevent causes, and they often take the form of modifying risk factors. Some factors, such as gender, age, and family history, cannot be modified. Smoking cessation or abstinence is one of the most effective and easily modifiable changes. Regular cardiovascular exercise aerobic exercise complements healthy eating habits. According to the American Heart Association, build up of plaque on the arteries atherosclerosis, partly as a result of high cholesterol and fat diet, is a leading cause for cardiovascular diseases. The combination of healthy diet and exercise is a means to improve serum cholesterol levels and reduce risks of cardiovascular diseases; if not, a physician may prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs, such as the statins. These medications have additional protective benefits aside from their lipoprotein profile improvement. Aspirin may also be prescribed, as it has been shown to decrease the clot formation that may lead to myocardial infections and strokes; it is routinely prescribed for patients with one or more cardiovascular risk factors. One possible way to decrease risk of cardiovascular disease is keep your total cholesterol below 150. In the Framingham Heart Study, those with total cholesterol below 150 only very rarely got coronary heart disease. A magnesium deficiency, or lower levels of magnesium, can contribute to heart disease and a healthy diet that contains adequate magnesium may prevent heart disease.8 Magnesium can be used to enhance long term treatment, so it may be a fag in long term prevention.9 Excess calcium may contribute to a buildup of calcium in the veins. Excess calcium can cause a magnesium deficiency, and magnesium can reduce excess calcium. Foods for cardiovascular health Research has shown that a diet that includes dark chocolate, almonds, fish, wine, fruits, vegetables, and garlic can increase life expectancy and decrease your risk for cardiovascular disease.10 Eating oily fish at least twice a week may help reduce the risk of sudden death and arrhythmias. A 2005 review of 97 clinical trials by Studer et al. noted that omega-3 fats gave lower risk ratios than did statins.11 Olive oil is said to have benefits. Studies of individual heart cells showed that fatty acids blocked excessive sodium and calcium currents in the heart, which could otherwise cause dangerous, unpredictable changes in its rhythm. Cardiovascular disease and salt There is evidence from one large unblinded randomised controlled trial of more than 3000 patients that reducing the amount of sodium in the diet reduced the risk of cardiovascular events by more than 25%.12 This re-affirms evidence from the Intersalt study published in 1988, that high levels of dietary salt are harmful;13 these results were at the time heavily disputed by the Salt Institute the salt producers' trade organisation.14 In the results of a study of 8,700 adults in the US released in 2008 by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, researchers found that the people who ranked in the 25% of the lower sodium intake in their diet were 80% more likely to die of cardiovascular disease than the 25% who had the higher intake of sodium in their diet. This particular research implies that low sodium intake is also harmful. Oral Hygiene and Cardiovascular Disease Many recent clinical research discuss the direct relation between poor oral hygiene and cardiovascular disease. Oral bacteria and periodontal disease may trigger the inflammation in the coronary arteries and contribute to atherosclerosis artery hardening and narrowing; same bacteria may determine the clot formation increasing the risk of heart attack or cerebral stroke. 15 16 Awareness Atherosclerosis is a process that develops over decades and is often silent until an acute event heart attack develops in later life. Population based studies in the youth show that the precursors of heart disease start in adolescence. The process of atherosclerosis evolves over decades, and begins as early as childhood. The Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth Study demonstrated that intimal lesions appear in all the aortas and more than half of the right coronary arteries of youths aged 15-19 years. However, most adolescents are more concerned about other risks such as HIV, accidents, and cancer than cardiovascular disease.17 This is extremely important considering that 1 in 3 people will die from complications attributable to atherosclerosis. In order to stem the tide of cardiovascular disease, primary prevention is needed. Primary prevention starts with education and awareness that cardiovascular disease poses the greatest threat and measures to prevent or reverse this disease must be taken. Treatment Treatment of cardiovascular disease depends on the specific form of the disease in each patient, but effective treatment always includes preventive lifestyle changes discussed above. Medications, such as blood pressure reducing medications, aspirin and the statin cholesterol-lowering drugs may be helpful. In some circumstances, surgery or angioplasty may be warranted to reopen, repair, or replace damaged blood vessels. Types of cardiovascular diseases Aneurysm Angina Arrhythmia Atherosclerosis Cardiomyopathy Cerebrovascular Accident Stroke Cerebrovascular disease Congenital heart disease Congestive Heart Failure Myocarditis Valve Disease Coronary Artery Disease Dilated cardiomyopathy Diastolic dysfunction Endocarditis High Blood Pressure Hypertension Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Mitral valve prolapse Myocardial infarction Heart Attack Venous Thromboembolism Research The causes, prevention, and/or treatment of all forms of cardiovascular disease are active fields of biomedical research, with hundreds of scientific studies being published on a weekly basis. A fairly recent emphasis is on the link between low-grade inflammation that hallmarks atherosclerosis and its possible interventions. C-reactive protein CRP is an inflammatory marker that may be present in increased levels in the blood in patients at risk for cardiovascular disease. Its exact role in predicting disease is the subject of debate. Some areas currently being researched include possible links between infection with Chlamydophila pneumoniae and coronary artery disease. The Chlamydia link has become less plausible with the absence of improvement after antibiotic use.18 See also Oral hygiene References ^ Maton, Anthea 1993. Human Biology and Health. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-981176-1. ^ United States 1999. Chronic Disease Overview. United States Government. Retrieved on 2007-02-07. ^ Informational page on cardiovascular disease at Itamar Medical ^ Rainwater DL, McMahan CA, Malcom GT, Scheer WD, Roheim PS, McGill HC Jr, Strong JP. Lipid and apolipoprotein predictors of atherosclerosis in youth: apolipoprotein concentrations do not materially improve prediction of arterial lesions in PDAY subjects. The PDAY Research Group. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999; 19: 753-61. ^ Mcgill, HC, Jr., Mcmahan, CA, Zieske, AW et al. Associations of coronary heart disease risk factors with the intermediate lesion of atherosclerosis in youth. The Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth PDAY Research Group. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 2000; 20: 1998-2004. ^ Wang TJ, Gona P, Larson MG, Tofler GH, Levy D, Newton-Cheh C, Jacques PF, Rifai N, Selhub J, Robins SJ, Benjamin EJ, D'Agostino RB, Vasan RS 2006. Multiple biomarkers for the prediction of first major cardiovascular events and death. N. Engl. J. Med. 355 25: 2631-9. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa055373. PMID 17182988. ^ Ramachandran Vasan, et al. . N. Engl. J.. ^ Lack Energy? Maybe It's Your Magnesium Level ^ Comparison of Mechanism and Functional Effects of Magnesium and Statin Pharmaceuticals Andrea Rosanoff, PhD, Mildred S. Seelig, MD. Journal of the American College of Nutrition, Vol. 23, No. 5, 501S-505S 2004 ^ Franco, O, Bonneux, L, de Laet. C, Steyerberg, E, Mackenbach, J 2004. Franco, O, Bonneux, L, de Laet. C, Steyerberg, E, Mackenbach, J. BMJ. 329: 1447-1450. doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7480.1447. PMID 15604180. ^ Studer M, Briel M, Liemenstoll B, Blass TR, Bucher HC. Effect of different antilipidemic agents and diets on mortality: a systematic review. Arch. Intern. Med. 2005; 1657: 725-730. ^ Cook NR, Cutler JA, Obarzanek E, et al. 2007. Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention TOHP. Br Med J 334: 885. doi:10.1136/bmj.39147.604896.55. PMID 17449506. ^ Elliott P, Stamler J, Nichols R, et al. 1996. Intersalt revisited: further analyses of 24 hour sodium excretion and blood pressure within and across populations. Intersalt Cooperative Research Group. Br Med J 312 7041: 1249-53. PMID 8634612. ^ Godlee F 2007. or's Choice: Time to talk salt. Br Med J 334 7599: 0. doi:10.1136/bmj.39196.679537.47. ^ Oral Hygiene and Cardiovascular Disease American Heart Association ^ Real connection between oral health and heart disease University of Michigan Jan. 22, 1999 ^ Vanhecke TE, Miller WM, Franklin BA, Weber JE, McCullough PA. Awareness, knowledge, and perception of heart disease among adolescents. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation. October, 2006; 135: 718-723. ISSN 1741-8267 ^ Andraws R, Berger JS, Brown DL. Effects of antibiotic therapy on outcomes of patients with coronary artery disease. JAMA 2005;293:2641-7. PMID 15928286. External links Informational Total Cholesterol Distribution vs. CHD deaths Drug Class Review on Beta Adrenergic Blockers Sep 2007 Organizations Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics - 2006 Update from the American Heart Association Cardiovascular Disease Foundation The British Heart Foundation World Health Organization cardiovascular disease site v d e Cardiovascular disease: heart disease - Circulatory system pathology I00-I52, 390-429 Ischaemic/ Acute coronary CHD: CAD - Coronary thrombosis - Coronary vasospasm - Coronary artery aneurysm Angina pectoris Prinzmetal's angina - Myocardial infarction heart attack Myocardial rupture - Dressler's syndrome Layers Pericardium Pericarditis Acute, Constrictive - Pericardial effusion - Cardiac tamponade - Hemopericardium Myocardium Myocarditis Cardiomyopathy: Dilated Alcoholic - Hypertrophic - Restrictive Loeffler endocarditis, Cardiac amyloidosis Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia Endocardium/ valves Endocarditis Subacute bacterial endocarditis, Libman-Sacks endocarditis, Nonbacterial thrombotic endocarditis mitral regurgitation, prolapse, stenosis - aortic stenosis, insufficiency - tricuspid stenosis, insufficiency - pulmonary stenosis, insufficiency Conduction/ arrhythmia Heart block AV 1°, 2°, 3° - Bundle branch Left, Right - Bifascicular/Trifascicular - Sinoatrial - Sick sinus syndrome - Adams-Stokes syndrome Pre-excitation syndrome Wolff-Parkinson-White - Lown-Ganong-Levine Tachycardia Paroxysmal - Supraventricular AV nodal reentrant, Accelerated idioventricular rhythm, Sinus - Ventricular Torsades de pointes, Catecholaminergic polymorphic Premature contraction Atrial - Ventricular Flutter/fibrillation Atrial flutter - Ventricular flutter - Atrial fibrillation Familial - Ventricular fibrillation Pacemaker Wandering pacemaker - Ectopic pacemaker - Parasystole Long QT syndrome Romano-Ward syndrome - Andersen-Tawil syndrome - Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome Cardiac arrest Sudden cardiac death - Asystole Other Cardiomegaly - Ventricular hypertrophy Left, Right/Cor pulmonale Heart failure Cardiac asthma - Rheumatic fever See also congenital, neoplasia v d e Cardiovascular disease: vascular disease - Circulatory system pathology I70-I99, 440-459 Arteries, arterioles and capillaries Arterial occlusive disease Arteriosclerosis: Atherosclerosis - Intermittent claudication - Atheroma - Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis Stenosis Renal artery stenosis, Carotid artery stenosis - Fibromuscular dysplasia - Degos disease - Aortoiliac occlusive disease Peripheral vascular disease Raynaud's phenomenon/Raynaud's disease - Erythromelalgia Aneurysm Aortic aneurysm/Abdominal aortic aneurysm - Cerebral aneurysm - Coronary artery aneurysm - Intracranial berry aneurysm - Dissection Aortic, Carotid, Vertebral - Pseudoaneurysm Other Arteritis Aortitis - Buerger's disease Arteriovenous fistula - Herary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Nevus Spider angioma, Halo nevus Veins Venous thrombosis/ Phlebitis/ Thrombophlebitis primarily lower limb Deep vein thrombosis abdomen May-Thurner syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, Renal vein thrombosis upper limb Paget-Schroetter disease head Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis Post-thrombotic syndrome Varicose veins Varicocele - Gastric varices - Portacaval anastomosis Hemorrhoid, Esophageal varices, Caput medusae Other Superior vena cava syndrome - Inferior vena cava syndrome - Venous ulcer Arteries or veins Vasculitis - Thrombosis - Embolism Pulmonary embolism, Cholesterol embolism - Angiopathy Macroangiopathy, Microangiopathy Lymphatic disease Lymphadenitis - Lymphedema - Lymphangitis Blood pressure Hypertension Hypertensive heart disease - Hypertensive nephropathy - Secondary hypertension Renovascular hypertension - Pulmonary hypertension Hypotension Orthostatic hypotension See also congenital, neoplasia v d e Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period P, 760-779 Maternal factors and complications Umbilical cord prolapse - Nuchal cord - Chorioamnionitis Length of gestation and fetal growth Small for gestational age - Large for gestational age - Premature birth - Postmature birth Birth trauma Cephalhematoma - Brachial plexus lesion Erb's palsy, Klumpke paralysis Respiratory Intrauterine hypoxia - Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Transient tachypnea of the newborn - Meconium aspiration syndrome - pleural disease Pneumothorax, Pneumomediastinum - Wilson-Mikity syndrome - Bronchopulmonary dysplasia Cardiovascular Pneumopericardium - Persistent fetal circulation Haemorrhagic and haematological/ hematologic disease Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn - Hemolytic disease of the newborn - Rh disease - Hydrops fetalis - Hyperbilirubinemia Kernicterus, Neonatal jaundice Digestive system Ileus - Necrotizing enterocolitis Integument and temperature regulation Erythema toxicum Other disorders Periventricular leukomalacia - Gray baby syndrome - muscle tone Congenital hypertonia, Congenital hypotonia - Perinatal infection Congenital rubella syndrome - Velamentous cord insertion - Omphalitis Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease Categories: Cardiovascular diseases | Medical conditions related to obesity Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Deutsch Français LatvieÅ¡u Nederlands ‪Norsk bokmÃ¥l‬ Polski Português SlovenÅ¡Ä?ina Svenska ä¸æ–‡ This page was last modified on 10 August 2008, at 10:50
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