Cardiovascular DIsease / CVD typically refers to an ischaemic heart disease that blocks blood supply to body tissues
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is currently the leading cause
of death in the United States, Canada and England.
Statistics on heart disease deaths in the U.S.
2022 CDC Reference
Heart disease kills one person every 33 seconds
in the U.S. alone
In 2022, 1 of every 5 deaths was from heart disease - that's 702,880 people!
And 1 in 5 of those deaths was in those under 65 years old.
More than half of heart diease deaths were from coronary heart diease
(CAD), which is present in 5% of adults over 20 years old.
Black non-Hispanics have the highest percentage of deaths at 22.6%,
Hispanics the lowest at 11.9%, and white non-Hispanics 18%. 22021 data
CVD is typically referring to an ischaemic heart disease
(Technically
CVD refers to diseases affecting the heart itself and/or the blood vessels)
Ischaemia is a restriction of BLOOD SUPPLY to body
tissues. Reducing delivery of
oxygen and
glucose needed for cellular metabolism to keep them alive
Ischaemic CVD occurs primarily as a consequence
of occlusion (blockage or closing) of the arteries
that deliver oxygen in the blood to the heart
muscle, brain and other vital organs. If the necessary
oxygen doesn't arrive then the tissue
or organ will die.
Arterial occlusion occurs due to a build-up of
plaque inside the arterial walls, referred to as
ATHEROSCLEROSIS .
A piece of plaque can break off and cause a heart
attack by blocking a coronary artery supplying oxygenated blood to the heart, or
a stroke by blocking the carotid artery supplying the brain, both of which can be
fatal.
To remove the offending arterial plaque requires an understanding
of what is causing it. We have been deceived into believing that the
culprits are high blood cholesterol and/or triglycerides --- but this is not
so . . .
The blockage results from an inflammatory response to
CHRONIC DAMAGE to the arterial wall
CVD - It's Real Cause
Various other disease terms associated with the heart
Congestive heart failure.
Condition
resulting from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability
of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of blood throughout the body;
H Caused by high blood pressure,
especially localized high blood pressure. Conditions that can be caused by hypertensive
heart disease include: Left ventricular hypertrophy, Coronary heart disease, (Congestive)
heart failure, Hypertensive cardiomyopathy, Cardiac arrhythmias;
Inflammatory heart disease.
Involves inflammation of the heart muscle and/or the tissue surrounding
it;
Valvular heart disease.
Any disease process involving one or more valves of the heart;
Cardiomyopathy.
Disease of the heart muscle
