Causes of Coronary Heart Disease

       Coronary heart disease is caused by a buildup of fat in the blood vessel walls in the heart (coronary arteries), and this is gradually followed by various processes such as accumulation of connective tissue, calcification, blood clots that everything will narrow or clog the blood vessels. This will result in the area of heart muscle is deprived of blood flow and can lead to many serious consequences of angina pectoris (chest pain) to heart infarction, which is known in the community with a heart attack that can lead to sudden death.

What Coronary Heart Disease is

      Coronary heart disease (CHD) or ischemic heart disease is heart disease arising from coronary artery narrowing on. The narrowing of atherosclerosis can be attributed, among others, various types of arteritis, coronary embolism, and spasm. Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the imbalance between the needs of the heart and supply blood perfusion by coronary artery oxygenited

Heart Anatomy

       The heart is located in the thoracic cavity, around the center line between the sternum and vertebrae anterior to the posterior side. The heart has a wide base at the top and tapered to form the bottom end is called the apex. When the heart beats (contractions) are strong, hit the apex of the chest wall on the left. The fact that the heart is located between the two structures, namely the sternum and vertebrae bones, used as part of cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the rescue action.