Pathogenesis and classification of ischemic heart disease
Chazov, E.I.
Arkhiv Patologii 40(6): 3-10
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-1955 PMID: 687000 Document Number: 124334
Modern clinicians encounter considerable difficulties in the diagnosis and treatment of ischemic heart disease which is first of all due to insufficient knowledge of the main mechanisms of the development of coronary insufficiency, myocardial dystrophy, myocardial necrosis, and cardiosclerosis. From the point of view of molecular cardiology, myocardial hypoxia cannot be considered as the foundation for ischemic disease. Metabolic insufficiency of the heart both of coronary and non-coronary origin should also be taken into account. Apart from ischemic (coronary) disease, ischemia of the myocardium alongside with metabolic disorders occurs in most diverse conditions and diseases. Therefore, in future this diagnosis will be reconsidered towards a more accurate determination of the causes of these disorders. Examples from clinical practice are presented for the discussion os such causes and mechanisms. A classification of the causes of metabolic heart deficiency and its outcomes is proposed.