Risk factors for developing heart disease
Risk factors for developing heart disease include:
Age. Aging increases your risk of dama...
Symptoms of heart disease
Complications of heart disease
Complications of heart disease
Complications of heart disease include:
Heart failure. On...
Heart disease symptoms caused by valvular heart disease
The heart has four valves — the aortic, mitral, pulmonary and tricuspid valves — that open...
Heart disease symptoms caused by heart infections
There are three types of heart infections:
Pericarditis, which affects the tissue s...
Heart disease symptoms caused by weak heart muscle (dilated cardiomyopathy)
Cardiomyopathy is the thickening and stiffening of heart muscle. In early stages of cardio...
Heart disease symptoms caused by heart defects
Serious congenital heart defects — defects you're born with — usually become evident soon ...
Heart disease symptoms caused by abnormal heartbeats (heart arrhythmias)
A heart arrhythmia is an abnormal heartbeat. Your heart may beat too quickly, too slowly o...
Symptoms of heart disease in your blood vessels (atherosclerotic disease)
Cardiovascular disease is caused by narrowed, blocked or stiffened blood vessels that prev...
