Difference between revisions of "Heart disease"
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Revision as of 12:18, January 18, 2009
Heart disease is a general term for conditions that affect the working of the heart.
Such as (some of these terms may overlap):
- Cardiomyopathy - disease or deterioration of the heart muscle which can cause arrhythmia or tachycardia and may result in sudden cardiac death.
- Cardiovascular disease - diseases that directly affect the heart and/or the veins and arteries that supply blood to the heart and may be caused by diabetes mellitus, high cholesterol or hypertension
- Coronary heart disease - a condition which can lead to a myocardial infarction (heart attack) that may be fatal, or angina pectoris (chest pains).
- Ischaemic heart disease - disease where there is a restricted blood flow to the heart.
- Heart failure - or congestive cardiac failure, a condition whereby the heart fails to fill with enough blood or pump it adequately around the body.
- Hypertensive heart disease - heart disease caused by high blood pressure.
- Inflammatory heart disease - inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium), heart lining (endocardium), valves or the surrounding tissue.
- Valvular heart disease - disease of one or more of the valves of the heart. This may be a congenital birth defect or a condition acquired later in life.
