Publication Details
Issue: Vol 4, No 2 (2023)
Pages: 141-145
ISSN: 2660-4159
Abstract
Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of mortality and disability in the world's population and the proportion of deaths due to coronary heart disease (CHD) is 25% to 50%. IHD is a chronic disease with a multifactorial etiology. Risk factors such as high blood pressure, overweight or obesity, hyperglycaemia and hyperlipidaemia contribute to the development of CVD including IHD.
Keywords
coronary heart disease
young age
risk factors