Patient's question:
My friend's life is very regular and he is very active, but he was diagnosed with heart disease, so I want to know how heart disease is caused.Doctor's answer:
There are many different types of heart disease. If young people experience heart disease again, it is mostly due to congenital reasons. Some are new diseases, while others are heart diseases that reappear due to various congenital abnormalities in heart structures. For middle-aged and elderly people, most heart diseases are caused by atherosclerosis, which is primarily based on coronary heart disease. In elderly people, this type of heart disease is mostly related to factors such as high blood pressure, diabetes, high blood lipids, smoking, and drinking alcohol.