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Early Detection of Heart Disease The Fast Way
04 Oct 2021
Early Detection of Heart Disease The Fast Way
04 Oct 2021



A heart attack occurs when a person suffers from coronary heart disease (CHD). This disease originates from the hardening (atherosclerosis) of the walls of the arteries of the heart (coronary). This disorder has a negative impact on the organs that are drained by blood vessels. So CHD is a condition when the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen due to a lack of blood supply to the coronary vessels. This occurs due to narrowing which can be in the form of hardening, thickening, or closing of the heart's blood vessels.

A person with CHD can have a heart attack. Symptoms of the attack can include:

  • A feeling of pressure (burdened, pain, pinched, squeezed, burning) in the chest that radiates to the left arm, neck, back.
  • Other symptoms may include a feeling of choking or shortness of breath and last about 20 minutes.
  • Cold sweats, weakness, pounding to the point of fainting. This complaint does not decrease with rest, even gets worse with activity.

Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is the most frequently found comorbid and complicates the prevention and treatment of Covid-19, because patients with this disease tend not to qualify for the vaccine so they are more susceptible to contracting Covid-19, especially Covid-19 patients with comorbid hypertension and hypertension. CHD becomes more difficult to treat.

Here are some risk factors for heart disease, the first four factors you cannot control, while the remaining eight you can control.

1. Age

More than 83% of people who die from coronary heart disease are aged 65 years and over. Women are more likely to die of a heart attack within a few weeks of an attack than men.

2. Boys

Men are more at risk of having a heart attack than women and experience it at a younger age. After menopause, women's death rates from heart attacks increase, but still not as sharply as men.

3. Family History

Those who have a family history or close relatives of heart disease tend to be more at risk of developing it.

4. Smoking

Smoking increases the risk of heart disease two to four times.

5. High Cholesterol

The risk of coronary heart disease increases as blood cholesterol levels increase: having high LDL (“bad cholesterol”) and low HDL (“good cholesterol”).

6. High Blood Pressure

High blood pressure increases the burden on the heart, makes the heart thicken and stiff, and increases the risk of stroke, heart attack, kidney failure, and heart failure. When high blood pressure is accompanied by obesity, smoking, high cholesterol or diabetes, the risk of a heart attack increases many fold.

7. Sedentary Lifestyle

Lack of physical activity increases the risk of coronary heart disease.

8. Obesity

People who are overweight (more than 20% of their ideal body weight) are more likely to be at risk for heart disease and stroke, even if they have no other risk factors.

9. Diabetes

Having diabetes increases your risk of cardiovascular disease. About three-quarters of people with diabetes die of some kind of heart or blood vessel disease.

10. Stress and Anger

Uncontrolled stress and anger can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

11. Drink Alcohol

Drinking a lot of alcohol can increase blood pressure, causing heart failure and stroke. Drinking alcohol can also increase triglycerides, cause cancer and an irregular heartbeat.


Cardiac catheterization is a minimally invasive cardiac procedure in which the doctor inserts a special tube called a catheter through the skin and blood vessels leading to the heart. Here will be seen a clear picture of the heart's blood vessels with the help of X-Ray. Abnormalities and coronary heart disease can be treated right away with this procedure.

Cardiac Catheter & Angiography (Cath Lab) is an invasive medical procedure/diagnostic procedure that serves to detect narrowing or blockage of heart/coronary blood vessels.

His method uses X-rays to display images of the blood vessels in various organs of the body. Such as the heart to see the presence of disease, blockage, narrowing, or dilation of blood vessels.

RSU Bunda Jakarta has a Heart Center complete with cardiac catheterization facilities (cath lab) for early detection of heart disease as well as concurrent medical treatment, if needed.

Cath lab can be used for early detection to prevent various diseases. For example; early detection in people who have a history of heart disease. This is very important to do in order to reduce the death rate from coronary heart disease.

The advantages of cath lab in addition to the monitor, also produce 3D images and very minimal radiation. Slide to find out the advantages.

Advantages of Cath Lab

Catheter angiography can display images of blood vessels in detail, clearly and accurately. Very helpful in operating proceduresconstellation or Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.

It is possible to combine diagnosis and treatment in one procedure, eg finding the area of narrowed arteries followed by angioplasty and stent placement.

Catheter angiography can provide detailed images of blood vessels that non-invasive procedures cannot.

HEART ATTACK DO NOT CONTINUE

A heart attack is an excruciating thing. Handling in the "golden period" and with the support of complete medical equipment can save the life of the sufferer. Now, RSU Bunda Jakarta has a Cath Lab, so that heart attacks can be carried out earlier and more efficiently.


CATH LAB

The help given by doctors to CHD patients can be in the form of drugs and actions. Actions for handling heart attacks are carried out in the Catheterization and Angiography Unit (Cath Lab). This unit consists of a cardiac catheterization and angiography laboratory. This laboratory serves to determine the diagnostics of heart-vascular disease and for subsequent non-surgical intervention according to indications invasively through blood vessels using catheters or electrodes. In the Cath Lab room, doctors can also perform cardiac procedures such as cardiac catheterization/stent placement or cardiac ring (PCI/PTCA), Temporary Pace Maker (TPM) installation, Permanent Pace Maker (PPM-permanent pacemaker), heart tapping to see the presence of congenital heart defects (Congenital), and others.

The Cath Lab diagnostic procedure from catheter insertion to examination takes only 30 minutes. Every patient must receive a local anesthetic before undergoing this activity. The advantages of Cath Lab besides being very minimal radiation also have several other advantages, namely:

• Catheter anglography can display detailed, clear and accurate images of blood vessels that cannot be produced by non-invasive procedures. This is very helpful in surgical procedures or Percutaneous Transluminal Coronay Angioplasty.

• In the Cath Lab, doctors can use a catheter that allows for combined diagnoses. and procedures in one procedure, eg finding the area of the narrowed artery followed by angioplasty and placement of a stent.

Source: Bunda Heart Center, Bunda Hospital Jakarta