Sickness and squeezing pain 'Myocardial infarction', risk of change of seasons 20% increase in patients in 5 years
Sep 26, 2024
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Cardiovascular disease occurs when the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart are blocked for various reasons and blood is not supplied smoothly. Cholesterol and other waste products accumulate in blood vessels, narrowing blood vessels. Representatively, these include myocardial infarction and angina.
Byeon Jae-ho, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the Catholic University of Korea's Incheon St. Mary's Hospital, warned that "Cardiovascular disease is a dangerous disease that ranks second in Korea after cancer and first in the world." "Cardiovascular disease is normally fine, but suddenly deteriorates and threatens health. In severe cases, it can lead to acute heart death."
There are muscles in the heart. The heart functions properly only when blood is supplied smoothly through a blood vessel called the coronary artery. When these blood vessels are blocked, myocardium necrosis and some of the heart functions stop, which is called myocardial infarction. Myocardial infarction occurs when the coronary artery is suddenly blocked. It is different from angina, which causes chest pain due to the narrowing of the coronary arteries and insufficient blood supply to the heart. According to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, the number of patients with myocardial infarction in Korea was 132,041 as of 2022, an increase of 19.6% in five years compared to 2018.
When myocardial infarction occurs, extreme chest pain occurs first, and you feel short of breath or stiff chest and squeezing pain. In addition, there are cases where you feel indigestion or strangled. If these pains persist for more than 10 minutes, you should visit the hospital as soon as possible for examination and treatment. It is necessary to receive treatment within two hours, and if it goes beyond that, it can be life-threatening.
Professor Byun Jae-ho said, `About half of patients with myocardial infarction usually have no symptoms, and they often cannot be found even after a medical examination.' `In addition to life management for prevention, rapid diagnosis and treatment are of paramount importance in the event of myocardial infarction.'
Time is the key to treating myocardial infarction. The sooner you treat it, the more you can save and preserve your heart muscle. If symptoms appear, the blocked blood vessels should be reopened as soon as possible to allow blood to flow again.
There are three main treatments: procedures, medication, and surgery. In general, surgical treatment is performed most frequently because blocked blood vessels can be widened quickly. Typical examples are balloon dilatation and stent (metal net) insertion. It is a procedure in which a guide wire passes through a blocked blood vessel to widen the blood vessel with a balloon and a metal net called a stent is placed. In some cases, thrombolysis is performed when surgical treatment is not easy. Surgery is performed when the procedure is not easy anatomically. Coronary artery bypassing blocked blood vessels through the mammary artery or femoral vein to connect blood flow, including coronary artery bypass.
Daily life management and disease management are important to prevent myocardial infarction. It is necessary to eat well, sleep well, and exercise consistently for more than 30 minutes a day. In addition, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and other heart diseases, which are major risk factors for myocardial infarction, should be consistently managed. If you have a family history, you should be more careful. It is known that the risk of sudden death from heart disease is three to four times higher if there is a family history of death from heart disease.
Professor Byun Jae-ho said, `Unlike other serious diseases such as cancer, most of myocardial infarction can be recovered if treated quickly, but due to insufficient initial response, treatment is often missed.' `If severe chest pain occurs, do not endure it and visit a hospital immediately for treatment," he said.
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