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[Ischemic heart disease. Its incidence and association with risk factors]
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Cardiovascular diseases, particularly ischemic heart disease (IHD), are a leading cause of death globally and in Cuba. Research explores the multifactorial nature of IHD and its associated coronary risk factors.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology and Public Health
Context:
- Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the primary cause of mortality in developed and many developing nations.
- In Cuba, CVDs have been the leading cause of death for two decades, with a rising trend attributed to ischemic heart disease (IHD).
- IHD incidence is increasing in individuals under 50, highlighting a concerning shift in disease patterns.
Purpose:
- To investigate the magnitude and characteristics of cardiovascular diseases in Cuba.
- To determine the incidence of IHD and its relationship with specific coronary risk factors.
- To understand the multifactorial etiology of IHD, influenced by various health and environmental factors.
Summary:
- Atherosclerosis, the underlying pathology of IHD, is associated with numerous factors including genetics, lifestyle, and environment.
- These coronary risk factors (CRF) influence the early development, frequency, severity, and prognosis of IHD.
- The multifactorial nature of IHD necessitates a comprehensive approach, considering the interplay of CRF and exposure duration.
Impact:
- Identifies key coronary risk factors such as hypercholesterolemia, arterial hypertension (AH), diabetes mellitus, smoking, and obesity.
- Emphasizes the importance of population-level interventions, like blood pressure monitoring, in mitigating IHD.
- Provides crucial data for public health strategies aimed at reducing the burden of cardiovascular diseases.
Abstract:
Cardiovascular diseases are the first cause of death in all developed countries and in many underdeveloped countries (1). In Cuba they have constituted the first cause of death in the last 20 years, with a tendency to increase, with the characteristic that this tendency is due to ischemic heart disease (IHD) (2). The frequency of IHD increases with age, but it has increased in the population under 50 years of age lately (3, 4, 5). Although the cause of atherosclerosis is unknown, in the last years an epidemiologic association has been demonstrated between the atherosclerotic disease (mainly IHD) and a series of pathologies, habits of the population, genetical, biochemical, physiological and environmental factors, which influence directly and indirectly the early development, frequency, severity evolution and prognosis of IHD and have been called coronary risk factors (CRF); at present, the disease is considered to be multifactorial and its magnitude and severity are influenced by the exposure time and the combination of CRF; it has also been demonstrated that it is decreased by the application of measures for the pressure measurements with Hg sphygmomanometer, in the population (1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11). In our country, a series of studies have been made to ascertain the magnitude and characteristics of cardiovascular diseases (12-14); through these works we will know the incidence of IHD, some of its characteristics and its relation with some coronary risk factors hypercholesterolemia, arterial hypertension, (AH), diabetes mellitus, smoking habit and obesity).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)