What conditions are cardiovascular diseases?
What conditions are cardiovascular diseases?
There are many different types of cardiovascular diseases including but not limited to:
- Arrhythmia: Problem with the electrical conduction system of your heart which can lead to abnormal heart rhythms or heart rates.
- Valve disease: Problem with your heart valves (structures that allow blood to flow from one chamber to another chamber or blood vessel), such as valve tightening or leaking.
- Coronary artery disease: Problem with the blood vessels of your heart, such as blockages.
- Heart failure: Problem with heart pumping/relaxing functions, which lead to fluid buildup and shortness of breath.
- Peripheral artery disease: Problem with the blood vessels of your arms, legs or abdominal organs, such as narrowing or blockages.
- Aortic disease: Problem with the large blood vessel that directs blood from your heart to your brain and the rest of your body, such as dilatation or aneurysm.
- Congenital heart disease: Heart problem that you’re born with, which can affect different parts of the heart.
- Pericardial disease: Problem with the lining of your heart, including pericarditis and pericardial effusion.
- Cerebrovascular disease: Problem with the blood vessels that deliver blood to your brain, such as narrowing or blockages.
- Deep vein thrombosis: Blockage in the veins, vessels that bring blood back from your brain/body to your heart.