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Cardiac Disease

“Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. Several common heart diseases include:

Cardiomyopathy- deterioration of the heart muscle
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. Known or associated causes of cardiovascular disease include diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperhomocysteinemia and hypercholesterolemia.

Ischaemic heart disease- another disease of the heart itself, characterized by reduced blood supply to the organs.

Congestive heart failure- 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.

Hypertensive heart disease- caused by high blood pressure, especially localised high blood pressure

Inflammatory heart disease- involves inflammation of the heart muscle and/or the tissue surrounding it.

Valvular heart disease- disease process that affects one or more valves of the heart”.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac_disease

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