[The detection and treatment of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia to reduce morbidity and mortality from ischemic cardiopathy].

Abstract

The paper reports and assesses the most topical data having led to delimiting the asymptomatic myocardial ischemia as the most precocious form of manifestation of ischemic cardiopathy. The role of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia involvement in angina pectoris, myocardial infarction and serious arrhythmias leading to sudden cardiac death are also underlined from the viewpoint of prognosis severity. Likewise, the authors discuss; the prevalence of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia as a distinct manifestation form of myocardial ischemia; the way of selecting the cases; the anti-ischemic treatment that gave good results in diminishing morbidity and mortality induced by ischemic cardiopathy.