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Heart disease
Classification and external resources
Types
Coronary heart disease
Coronary heart disease refers to the failure of the coronary circulation to supply adequate
circulation to cardiac muscle and surrounding tissue. Coronary heart disease is most
commonly equated with Coronary artery disease although coronary heart disease can be
due to other causes, such as coronary vasospasm.
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy literally means "heart muscle disease" (Myo= muscle, pathy= disease) It
is the deterioration of the function of the myocardium (i.e., the actual heart muscle) for
any reason. People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of arrhythmia and or sudden
cardiac death.
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease is any of a number of specific diseases that affect the heart itself
and/or the blood vessel system, especially the veins and arteries leading to and from the
heart. Research on disease dimorphism suggests that women who suffer with
cardiovascular disease usually suffer from forms that affect the blood vessels while men
usually suffer from forms that affect the heart muscle itself. Known or associated causes
of cardiovascular disease include diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperhomocysteinemia
and hypercholesterolemia.
• Atherosclerosis
Heart failure
Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure (or CHF), and congestive cardiac
failure (CCF), is a condition that can result from any structural or functional cardiac
disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to fill with or pump a sufficient amount of
blood throughout the body. Therefore leading to the heart and body's failure.
Hypertensive heart disease is heart disease caused by high blood pressure, especially
localised high blood pressure. Conditions that can be caused by hypertensive heart
disease include:
Disability-adjusted life year for inflammatory heart diseases per 100,000 inhabitants in
2004.
Inflammatory heart disease involves inflammation of the heart muscle and/or the tissue
surrounding it.
• Endocarditis – inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. The
most common structures involved are the heart valves.
• Inflammatory cardiomegaly
• Myocarditis – inflammation of the myocardium, the muscular part of the heart.
Valvular heart disease is disease process that affects one or more valves of the heart.
There are four major heart valve which may be affected by valvular heart disease,
including the tricuspid and aortic valves in the right side of the heart, as well as the mitral
and aortic valves in the left side of the heart.
Try and incorporate a higher activity level into daily activities like taking a walk,
riding a bike to the supermarket, climbing stairs instead of using the elevator and
playing sports like badminton and basketball.