Coronary Heart Disease
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is a narrowing of the blood vessels that supply blood, oxygen and nutrients to your heart. CHD is also called coronary artery disease (CAD).
Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of death in the United States for men and women.
Coronary heart disease is caused by the buildup of cholesterol-containing deposits (plaques) in the arteries to your heart. As a result, blood flow to the heart can slow down or stop.
Symptoms:
You may have symptoms when your heart is not getting enough blood or oxygen, including:
1. Chest pain (angina). Chest pain is usually triggered by physical or emotional stress. You may feel heavy or like someone is squeezing your heart. You may feel it under your breast bone (sternum), but also could be in your neck, shoulder, arms, stomach, or upper back.
2. Shortness of breath and fatigue with activity (exertion).
3. Heart attack. The classic signs of a heart attack include crushing pressure in your chest and pain in your shoulder or arm, sometimes with shortness of breath and sweating.
Treatment:
Always follow your doctor”s directions closely, your doctor may give you one or more medicines to control CHD (including control your high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol). Your doctor”s directions may include:
Immediately contact your doctor:
Immediately contact your doctor, call 911, or go to the emergency room if you have:
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"...Our results demonstrate that the addition of coenzyme Q10 to conventional therapy significantly reduces hospitalization for worsening of heart failure and the incidence of serious complications in patients with chronic congestive heart failure..." *
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CoQ10 and Heart Health: Berman M, Erman A, Ben-Gal T, et al. Coenzyme Q10 in patients with end-stage heart failure awaiting cardiac transplantation: a randomized, placebo-controlled study. Clin Cardiol 2004;27:295–9.
"...The administration of CoQ10 to heart transplant candidates led to a significant improvement in functional status, clinical symptoms, and quality of life..." *
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Antioxidant and Heart Health: Hertog MG, Feskens EJ, Hollman PC, et al. Dietary antioxidant flavonoids and risk of coronary heart disease: the Zutphen Elderly Study. Lancet 1993;342:1007-1011.
"...Flavonoids in regularly consumed foods may reduce the risk of death from coronary heart disease in elderly men..." *
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CoQ10 and Heart Health: Singh RB, Niaz MA, Rastogi SS, et al. Effect of hydrosoluble coenzyme Q10 on blood pressures and insulin resistance in hypertensive patients with coronary artery disease. J Hum Hypertens 1999;13:203-8.
"...These findings indicate that treatment with coenzyme Q10 decreases blood pressure possibly by decreasing oxidative stress and insulin response in patients with known hypertension receiving conventional antihypertensive drugs..." *
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Resveratrol and Heart Health: Mokni M, Limam F, Elkahoui S, et al. Strong cardioprotective effect of resveratrol, a red wine polyphenol, on isolated rat hearts after ischemia/reperfusion injury. Arch Biochem Biophys 2007;457:1-6.
"...However resveratrol appeared as an efficient and promising molecule in the prevention of heart dysfunction..." *
Learn More: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17125727?dopt=Abstract
CoQ10 and Heart Health: Singh RB, Neki NS, Kartikey K, et al. Effect of coenzyme Q10 on risk of atherosclerosis in patients with recent myocardial infarction. Mol Cell Biochem 2003;246:75-82.
"It is possible that treatment with CoQ10 in patients with recent MI may be beneficial in patients with high risk of atherothrombosis, despite optimal lipid lowering therapy during a follow-up of 1 year..." *
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Magnesium and Heart Health: Davey MJ, Teubner D. A randomized controlled trial of magnesium sulfate, in addition to usual care, for rate control in atrial fibrillation. Ann Emerg Med 2005;45:347-53.
"...Magnesium, when used to supplement other standard rate-reduction therapies, enhances rate reduction and conversion to sinus rhythm in patients with rapid atrial fibrillation..." *
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Calcium and Heart Health: Allender PS, Cutler JA, Follmann D, et al. Dietary calcium and blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. Ann Intern Med 1996;124:825-31.
"...The pooled estimate shows a statistically significant decrease of systolic blood pressure with calcium supplementation, both for hypertensive persons and for the overall sample..." *
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CoQ10 and Heart Health: Chello M, Mastroroberto P, Romano R, et al. Protection by coenzyme Q10 from myocardial reperfusion injury during coronary artery bypass grafting. Ann Thorac Surg 1994;58:1427-32.
"...Our findings suggest that pretreatment with coenzyme Q10 may play a protective role during routine bypass grafting by attenuating the degree of peroxidative damage..." *
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Vitamin D and Heart Health: Wang TJ, Pencina MJ, Booth SL, et al. Vitamin D deficiency and risk of cardiovascular disease. Circulation 2008;117;503-11.
"...Low levels of Vitamin D are associated with higher risk of myocardial infarction in a graded manner, even after controlling for factors known to be associated with coronary artery disease..." *
Learn More: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18541825?dopt=Abstract
DHA and Heart Health: Erkkila AT, Lehto S, Pyorala K, Uusitupa MI. n-3 Fatty acids and 5-y risks of death and cardiovascular disease events in patients with coronary artery disease. Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:65-71
"...High proportions of n-3 fatty acids in serum lipids are associated with a substantially reduced risk of death..." *
Learn More: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12816772?dopt=Abstract