Ischemia also known as ischemic cardiomyopathy is a disease seen on patients with congestive heart failure caused by coronary heart disease.
"ischemic" means that the heart is not a sufficient amount of blood and oxygen.
"cardio" means heart.
"myopathy" means a disease that affects the muscle.
The most common symptoms of ischemic heart disease are:
* Irregular or rapide pulse
* Heart palpitations-the heart's rhythm is abnormal and you feel that your heart beats fast or the contrary would you feel if your heart stopped. Palpitations in your chest and throat, neck, would you feel.
* Cough
* Decreased urine output
* Breathing problems when you fixed
* Leg swelling and weight gain of heart failure
* Excessive urine production
* Fatigue, weakness, faintness
* Chest pain-it can be felt under the breast bone or on the neck, shoulder, back, arm. Sometimes this pain can be relieved by rest or nitroglycerin.
Often the first symptom of ischaemic heart disease of a serious chest pain myocardial infarction. Many times the first character occurs in the form of angina pectoris.
Ischaemia is a disease that slowly develops, often without symptoms.That's why the patient must be tested for the disease because the first character can be a symptom of angina or heart attack.
Symptoms of angina pectoris:
* shortness of breath, dizziness, nausea, vomiting
* chest pain or discomfort that located in the center of the chest under the breastbone and down the left arm, or along the jaw line can spread.The pain usually takes between 30 seconds and 5 minutes.
Symptoms of heart attack:
* a feeling of "tweaking" in the chest
* dizziness, nausea, vomiting
* loss of consciousness
* sudden chest pain that can last from 30 seconds or more, the pain is situated in the middle of the chest under the breastbone and down the left arm, or along the jaw line and even in the upper abdomen can be distributed.
You can still learn more on www.nlm.nih.gov and www.chestjournal.chestpubs.org for more information.
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