Is premature beat related to coronary heart disease?

Written by Liu Yong
Cardiology
Updated on November 05, 2024
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Firstly, there is no direct connection between coronary heart disease and premature contractions. If we must discuss whether ventricular premature beats are related to coronary heart disease, we should mainly consider patients with myocardial ischemia, especially those with active myocardial ischemia. In these cases, premature beats may be somewhat related to coronary heart disease, but these two conditions cannot be directly equated. Since the majority of premature contractions are unrelated to coronary heart disease, these two issues should not be confused or directly equated.

It is common to see some elderly people with premature contractions on their ECGs and consider coronary heart disease, but this consideration is not entirely correct. Of course, the occurrence of real premature beats, especially frequent ventricular premature beats, also suggests the possibility of myocardial ischemia. However, a large number of people, even those with obvious real premature beats, do not have significant coronary insufficiency, thus there is no direct relationship between the two.

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Some coronary heart disease patients have asymptomatic myocardial ischemia, and many may not exhibit clear symptoms of angina. Some patients can show signs of angina, with typical symptoms being a pressing pain in the anterior chest area or feelings of suffocation and shortness of breath, primarily located behind the sternum, or radiating to the precordial area and left upper limb, as well as the left side of the back. These symptoms often occur under common triggers such as physical exertion, emotional stress, overeating, or exposure to cold. If it is angina, it generally lasts less than 30 minutes and can be alleviated by rest or taking sublingual nitroglycerin. Some patients who experience a heart attack may have pain in the same areas, but the nature and duration of the pain will be significantly increased, and nitroglycerin may be less effective.

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What are the symptoms of coronary heart disease?

The symptoms of coronary heart disease primarily include typical symptoms such as pain in the precordial area triggered by physical activity or emotional excitement. The pain is often spasmodic or compressive, or it may feel like suffocation. The pain begins behind the sternum or in the precordial area and can radiate upwards to the left shoulder and arm, even reaching the little finger and ring finger. Rest or taking nitroglycerin can alleviate the pain. The radiation of the chest pain may also involve the neck, lower jaw, teeth, and abdomen. Chest pain can also occur during rest or at night, caused by coronary spasm, also known as variant angina. If the nature of the chest pain changes, such as newly occurring progressive chest pain, wherein the pain threshold gradually declines to the point that slight physical activity or emotional excitement, or even rest or deep sleep can trigger it. The pain gradually intensifies, becomes more frequent, and lasts longer. If removing the trigger or taking nitroglycerin does not relieve it, unstable angina is often suspected. Symptoms of coronary heart disease with angina can also be accompanied by systemic symptoms such as fever, sweating, panic, nausea, and vomiting.

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Can coronary heart disease be cured?

Can coronary heart disease be cured? Objectively speaking, the current treatment of coronary heart disease mainly focuses on controlling the progression of the disease, relieving symptoms, improving the quality of life, and improving the prognosis, but it cannot completely cure coronary heart disease. Firstly, the cause of coronary heart disease is the major blood vessels supplying the heart, the coronary arteries, undergoing atherosclerosis and narrowing, leading to insufficient blood supply to the heart, ultimately resulting in angina and heart failure. Therefore, the fundamental cause of coronary heart disease is the pathological changes in the coronary arteries, and the reasons and fundamental mechanisms causing these changes are not entirely clear, and are related to factors such as high blood lipids, high blood pressure, high blood sugar, age, smoking, family history, etc. Thus, the main treatment for coronary heart disease currently is to improve lifestyle, quit smoking and limit alcohol consumption, control blood pressure, blood sugar, and blood lipids, and use aspirin or antiplatelet drugs to inhibit the aggregation of platelets and prevent thrombosis.