In accordance to causes, doctors separate two types of cardiosclerosis: atherosclerotic (caused by atherosclerotic changes in cardiac arteries) and myocarditic one (after endured inflammation of myocardium). Post-attack cardiosclerosis can be diagnosed in patients who have survived a heart attack, after the process of scarification is over, in two to four months after a heart attack. 
As a result of frequent and repeated ischemia, patients often have minor damage of myocardium. It is different from the one that is caused by a heart attack, but consequences are the same: insufficiency of circulation, violations of heart rhythm and cardial conduction.
Connection to Bad Habits
There is data that shows possibility of development of cardiosclerosis after prolonged intoxication of myocardium with alcohol. Heart pathologies that are caused by alcoholism usually end with cardiosclerosis or heart failure. Cardiologists of present days use the term of “obesity heart” more and more often. people who suffer from obesity have hearts that are surrounded and soaked with fat. Of course, its retracting abilities give way. It usually happens to people who have the same food for a long time, who give preference to meat, oily meals, without enough vegetables, fruits and other products that are rich with vitamins.
Diagnostics and Treatment
It is not easy to diagnose cardiosclerosis at early stages. The matter is that its symptoms are similar to many other health issues. They can be revealed with the help of cardiographs, ultrasound and x-ray examinations. Presence of arrhythmia is one of the most trustworthy signs of cardiosclerosis. At early stages, there is no specific treatment of this disease: it is necessary to eat healthy food, have an active life and spend more time in the open. Still, if there is arrhythmia or heart insufficiency, it is necessary to find a respectable medical facility like NYU Cardiac Center and stay under the systematic care of a doctor. Treatment is usually supposed to compensate the process and delay its propagation in some way. It also depends on each patient. One of the main therapies is a healthy dies that removes odd fat and proper physical exercising. Exercises should be chosen in a very accurate way: they have to be pleasing for a person and never overload the heart. Proper physical loads are those, which do not increase the heartbeat by more than 10 to 15 beats per minute and do not make a person feel being short of breath.