RISK FACTORS FOR PATIENTS WITH ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE

Department of Internal Medicine No2

Scientific Supervisor: Associate Professor Bodnar Roksolana Yaroslavivna

I. Horbachevsky Ternopil State Medical University

Ternopil, Ukraine

Importance: To teach people the significance of making healthy lifestyle changes early in their lives. In this case, the relevance for people with ischemic heart diseases (IHD) would be to educate them on preventative measures and risk factors that would eventually lead to hypertension and heart disease.

Aim: To educate patients on the process of healthy eating habits, stress management, the dangers of smoking and alcohol use, and the importance of physical activity.

Methods: Interviewed patients with IHD. They were divided into two groups. The first group were patients with cardiosclerosis and atrial fibrillation (AF) and second group were patients with angina pectoris with cardiosclerosis and AF.

Results: 20 patients were interviewed about their lifestyle leading up to their diagnosis. Eight patients between the ages of 50 to 59 had a 40% rating of heart disease, and higher levels of cholesterol such as low density lipoproteins. Four of the patients belonged to the IHD, cardiosclerosis and AF group, the other four belonged to IHD, angina pectoris with cardiosclerosis and AF. Six patients between the ages of 60 to 69 and six patients 70 and above had a rating of 30%. They displayed a sedentary lifestyle with unhealthy eating habits along with smoking and alcohol use.

Conclusion: Smoking, alcohol, unhealthy eating habits, lack of exercise, long term stress in early age, have the potential to lead to heart disease. Education on the reduction of risk factors to hypertension early on in life, will reduce the risk of heart disease.When diagnosed in the early fifties, without a change in lifestyle, the possibility of a positive prognosis is unlikely.