Aetiology of ischaemic heart disease
The vast majority of ischaemic heart disease is caused by coronary artery atherosclerosis.
Rarer causes of ischaemic heart disease include:
arteritides:
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- polyarteritis nodosa
- syphilis
- Takayasu's arteritis
- rheumatoid arthritis
- ankylosing spondylitis
- embolism:
- infective endocarditis
- left heart thrombus or tumour
- prosthetic valve thrombus
- cardiac catheterisation
- paradoxical embolism
- coronary artery wall thickening:
- amyloidosis
- radiation therapy
- Hurler's disease
- pseudoxanthoma elasticum
- aortic dissection causing coronary dissection
- coronary spasm
- congenital arterial disease:
- anomalous derivation of coronary arteries from the pulmonary artery
- arteriovenous fistula
Reference
- Faxon DP, Fuster V, Libby P, et al. Atherosclerotic vascular disease conference: writing group III: pathophysiology. Circulation. 2004 Jun 1;109(21):2617-25.
Related pages
- Atherosclerosis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Syphilis
- Takayasu's disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
- Infective endocarditis
- Atrial myxoma
- Valve replacements
- Coronary angiography
- Paradoxical emboli
- Amyloidosis
- Hurler syndrome
- Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
- Dissecting aortic aneurysm
- Arteriovenous fistula
- Homocystinuria
- Tako-Tsubo syndrome
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