Features of Clinical Course of Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Persons

Abstract

Coronary heart disease is a problem affecting the whole world. The disease is constantly getting younger, becoming more common. It is also relevant that pathology can overtake anyone. It is one of the main causes of death in developed countries [1]. In individuals of older age groups, diseases of the cardiovascular system are most common, and primarily coronary heart disease (CHD), which is the main cause of death [2,3]. The risk of coronary atherosclerosis and CHD increases significantly with risk factors such as male sex, old age, dyslipidemia, hypertension, smoking, diabetes mellitus, restriction of physical activity [4,5].