What is Ischemic Heart Disease?

Ischemic Heart Disease
Coronary atherosclerosis. From: Atherosclerosis. Britannica Online Encyclopaedia. By courtesy of Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., copyright © 2010 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc; used with permission. [4].Neovascularization of coronary tunica intima (DIT) is the cause of coronary atherosclerosis. Lipoproteins invade coronary intima via neovascularization from adventitial vasa vasorum, but not from the arterial lumen: a hypothesis. Subbotin VM - Theoretical biology & medical modelling (2012). Not Altered. CC.

Ischemic heart disease is also called coronary heart disease; a heart condition caused by narrowed heart arteries affecting the oxygen supply of heart muscles. 

Examples of ischemic heart disease include:

  • Angina pectoris
  • Chronic ischemic heart disease
  • Myocardial infarction