Heart Disease
Information, Symptoms, Treatments and Resources
What is Heart Disease?
Heart disease is any disorder that affects the heart's ability to function normally. Various forms of heart disease include:
- Alcoholic cardiomyopathy
- Aortic regurgitation
- Aortic stenosis
- Arrhythmias
- Cardiogenic shock
- Congenital heart disease
- Coronary artery disease (CAD)Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Endocarditis
- Heart attack (myocardial infarction)
- Heart failure
- Heart tumor
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- Idiopathic cardiomyopathy
- Ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Acute mitral regurgitation
- Chronic mitral regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Pulmonary stenosis
- Stable angina
- Unstable angina
- Tricuspid regurgitation
Alternative Names:
Cardiovascular disorders
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I have been having these attacks where I feel like my heart stops beating and I cant catch ...
Could I have Angina? - Heart Disease Community
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- Nov 16, 2009
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Under normal conditions, my 76 year old father has what appears to be angina. When he exer...
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My brother (40) had a recent incident of UA/NSTEMI little over 4 weeks ago. He felt ...
Worries!!!!!! - Heart Disease Community
- Nov 08, 2009Interpret this EKG? - Heart Rhythm Community
- Nov 05, 2009
My name is Kim and a few years ago my best friend was diagnosed with syncopy (i think that'...
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