Cardiovascular Diseases

Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect your heart. Diseases under the heart disease umbrella include blood vessel diseases, such as coronary artery disease; heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias); and heart defects you're born with (congenital heart defects), among others.

The term "heart disease" is often used interchangeably with the term "cardiovascular disease." Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain (angina) or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as those that affect your heart's muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.

This Application contains:

• Overview

• Symptoms

• Causes

• Risk factors

• Treatments and

• Prevention

Of the following heart diseases

• Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)

• Heart Attack

• Arrhythmia

• Heart Failure

• Congenital Heart Defects

• Cardiomyopathy

• Peripheral Artery Disease

• angina pectoris