Show i Arteriosclerosis Is Chief Cause of heart Henrt Disease By JOHN JOliN RE I REMBERT ERT MD M.D. In a recent column the subject sub S of oC high blood pressure or hypertension was discussed You will recall that in writing about the effect of or hypertension elten sion on n the heart it was stated hat one effect of or the increased pressure can be on the arteries arteries arter arter- ies causing the arteries in inthe inthe inthe the body including the vessels of the heart itself to become scarred thickened and amI inelastic inelastic inelastic tic this process was called sclerosis or hardening of the arteries arteriosclerosis TilE THE READER HEADER should be reminded reminded reminded re re- minded that the heart muscle must have a supply of or blood to supply it with oxygen and to carr carry awa away away the carbon dioxide dioxide dioxide di di- oxide produced by the working muscles tl this s supply is provided provided pro pro- i vided through the vessels of I Ithe the heart muscles called the coronary arteries The incidence of disease of oC the coronary arteries is increasing increasing in in- creasing l' l rapidly and t this his h i s form of oC heart involvement is commonly seen between the age of 40 and 60 and occurs more often orten among men than women THE TilE CHIEF F cause of oC coronary corD Cora nary heart disease involvement involvement involvement involve involve- ment of oC the coronary arteries arter ies fes is arteriosclerosis often orten secondary to hypertension In Inthe Inthe Inthe the past the cause for hardening harden in ing of oC the coronary arteries was felt to be due cl chiefly cIly to aging but in this day of or rapidly rapidly rap rap- idly developing eloping medical science once ence other causes have been discovered One of these is the I cry ery that apparently man many persons per pcr- i sons have difficulty handling certain fatty particles these particles being referred to as i ithe the cholesterol level in the blood faU fatty particles can enter the blood stream either from foods eaten or developed de de- eloped within the bod body from the breakdown of oC foods THIS TillS FAULTY mechanism occurring occUlTing in man many people can be likened to that of oC the dia dia- betic belie In the latter case a person person person per per- son has the inability to properly properly prop prop- erly handle sugar so the person person person per per- son with an abnormal increase in the fatt fatty particles within the blood stream exhibits an inability to properly handle fats When the coronary arteries become narrowed the amount of or blood to the heart muscle is decreased this then results in coronary insufficiency of oC varying de de- de- de grees People with such a condition con ditton can if the they are arc careful live quite comfortably their chief concern being that they do not place too great or sudden sudden sudden sud sud- den strain or increased work workload workload workload load on the heart muscle THOSE persons known to have coronary heart disease can master the situation in inmany inmany inmany many cases if they will only slow down ll their pace of oC living Perhaps just as important as taking laking it easy is not to worry about their condition remember the nerve supply to the coronary arteries can because because be be- cause of or anxiety cause further further fur fur- ther narrowing the vessels fur I I |