It most often manifests itself as acute pain or discomfort in the area of the anterior chest wall and is due to atherosclerosis, which reduces the lumen of the coronary vessels.
The clinical forms of ischemic heart disease are as follows: stable angina, unstable angina, Prinzmetal angina, silent ischemia, acute myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy, rhythmic form, sudden cardiac death.
The development of coronary atherosclerosis is associated with the action of the so-called risk factors, the most important of which are arterial hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking, diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance, reduced physical activity, obesity, psycho-emotional stress, workaholism.
