Heart disease refers to different conditions affecting the heart. Coronary heart disease is a common heart ailment, where there is buildup of plague in the arteries leading to reduced flow of blood to heart and increasing the risk of heart attack.
Arrhythmias:
Irregular or abnormal heart beat. Smoking, heavy alcohol use, and use of some drugs are common causes for arrhythmia.
Heart failure:
When the heart is not able to pump oxygen-rich blood to tissues. Heart’s inability to pump blood and lack of blood in the heart may lead to heart failure.
Heart valve disease:
When one or any of the other four heart valves are not working.
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Heart Muscle Disease:
The heart loses its ability to pump blood when walls of the heart become thick.
Congenital Heart Disease:
A problem in the structure of the heart that is present at birth.