What is Ischemic heart disease?

Contents

Ischemic heart disease: Introduction
Types of Ischemic heart disease
Prognosis
Prevalence
Other names for Ischemic heart disease
What causes Ischemic heart disease?
What are the symptoms of Ischemic heart disease?
Organs Affected by Ischemic heart disease
How is it treated?
Society issues for Ischemic heart disease
Ischemic heart disease: Introduction

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)