Atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis
In a majority of cases, patients do not experience symptoms for years. At the onset of the disease, patients may experience dyspnea, cardiac asthma and other symptoms.
A diagnosis is based on the age of the patient, the clinical symptoms of the disease, the potential accompaniment by hypertensive disease, diabetes or atherosclerosis of other organs, etc.
The treatment of atherosclerotic cardiosclerosis (when no complications such as heart failure, or rhythm disruptions are occurring) is, in general, the same as the treatment for atherosclerosis.
The prognosis of this disease is moderate since the sclerotic process is irreversible. Prognosis is more severe in patients who exhibit symptoms of acute coronary insufficiency, severe rhythm disruptions, and hypertension.