Patient's question:
A few days ago, it was said that my uncle has cor pulmonale. Isn't it the same as coronary heart disease? I want to ask what the difference is between cor pulmonale and coronary heart disease?Doctor's answer:
Hello, cor pulmonale is primarily a heart disease based on right heart insufficiency, which is gradually caused by the expansion of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Coronary heart disease is mainly caused by myocardial acute brain edema and aspiration syndrome due to atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries. Coronary heart disease mainly includes several types such as occult coronary heart disease, angina pectoris type, myocardial infarction type, sudden death type, heart failure and arrhythmia type coronary heart disease.