ischaemic heart disease
collocation in Englishmeaningsofischaemic,heartanddisease
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ischaemic
adjective
uk/ɪˈskiː.mɪk/us/ɪˈskiː.mɪk/
relating to ischaemia (= a medical problem in which there is not enough blood flowing to a part of ...
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heart
noun
uk/hɑːt/us/hɑːrt/
the organ in your chest that sends the blood around ...
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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(Definition ofischaemic,heartanddiseasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The most commonly mentioned conditions were: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease,ischaemicheartdisease, peripheral vascular disease, cancer; cerebrovascular disease, and, recurrent chest infections.
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The impact of smoking pregnant women give up, and patients withischaemicheartdisease are likely to respond in larger proportions than those without disease.
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Epidemiological evidence as to the value of measuring cholesterol at all in elderly people as a predictor forischaemicheartdisease is beginning to appear.
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Next to age, hypertension is the most important risk factor for acute stroke and an important risk factor forischaemicheartdisease and cardiac failure.
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This is of particular importance in the elderly population, who have a high prevalence ofischaemicheartdisease.
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It was higher for those with hypertension (89.2%), diabetes (85.7%) andischaemicheartdisease (79.5%) and similar for those with asthma (76.1%).
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Sixty-two percent of heart failure is ascribed toischaemicheartdisease and 18% to cardiomyopathy.
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Patients withischaemicheartdisease tend also to have high serum cholesterol.
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These studies consistently revealed an increased risk ofischaemicheartdisease (and stroke) at low plasma concentrations of antioxidants.
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In addition, in patients with knownischaemicheartdisease, modifying compliance may theoretically help to improve prognosis.
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Conditions thought to be multifactorial in origin includeischaemicheartdisease, schizophrenia, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
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For the period 1991-2001, deaths fromischaemicheartdisease and cancer exhibited a slow decline.
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The most common of these processes is atherosclerosis-related disease leading toischaemicheartdisease, cerebrovascular disease, and renovascular disease.
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Clearly, an approach to the prevention of mortality in heart disease which focussed exclusively on those with knownischaemicheartdisease would not be acceptable.
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A 53-year-old lady with diabetes andischaemicheartdisease was admitted with fever and vomiting.
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The clinical areas most frequently mentioned wereischaemicheartdisease, cancer services, mental health, older people and diabetes.
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Participants who were free of diagnosedischaemicheartdisease and cancer were followed up for eight years.
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The majority of patients have co-existingischaemicheartdisease, cerebrovascular disease or hypertension.
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Two of the other deaths were fromischaemicheartdisease, one due to septicaemia, and one the result of a road traffic accident.
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The association of preeclampsia with long term cardiovascular risk including the appearance of hypertension andischaemicheartdisease114-116 is gaining widespread recognition.
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