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What are the diseases that damage the heart and blood vessels?
Cardiovascular diseases are conditions that affect the structures or function of your heart, such as:
- Abnormal heart rhythms, or arrhythmias.
- Aorta disease and Marfan syndrome.
- Congenital heart disease.
- Coronary artery disease (narrowing of the arteries)
- Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
- Heart attack.
What are the signs and symptoms of microvascular disease?
What are the signs and symptoms of coronary microvascular disease?
- shortness of breath.
- sleep problems.
- fatigue.
- lack of energy.
What is the most common disorder affecting the heart and blood vessels?
Coronary artery disease happens when the arteries in your heart are narrowed or blocked. It’s the most common kind of heart disease and causes most heart attacks as well as angina (chest pain). Vascular disease is problems in other blood vessels which reduce blood flow and affect the function of your heart.
How serious is microvascular disease?
Microvascular heart disease affects about four times as many women as men and “is serious, actually,” said Dr. Stacey Rosen, a cardiologist and spokeswoman for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women campaign, since it can lead to heart attacks, heart failure and death.
What are the symptoms of small vessel disease of the brain?
Neuroimaging features of CSVD include recent small subcortical infarcts, lacunes, white matter hyperintensities, perivascular spaces, microbleeds, and brain atrophy. The main clinical manifestations of CSVD include stroke, cognitive decline, dementia, psychiatric disorders, abnormal gait, and urinary incontinence.
What term is used to describe diseases of the heart muscle?
Cardiomyopathy is a general term used to describe a diverse group of diseases of the heart muscle. For most people with cardiomyopathy, their hearts don’t function normally because the heart has become either enlarged, abnormally thick, abnormally rigid, or unable to transmit electrical impulses in a normal fashion.
Can you cure CHF?
While most people with congestive heart failure (CHF) cannot be cured, medications, changes in diet and lifestyle, and specialized care for those in advanced stages of the disease can often relieve symptoms and greatly improve the quality of their lives.
What is the treatment for a weak heart muscle?
A defibrillator that sends an electrical pulse to stop life-threatening abnormal heart rhythms. A pacemaker that treats a slow heart rate or helps the heart beat in a more coordinated fashion. Coronary artery bypass (CABG) surgery or angioplasty that may improve blood flow to the damaged or weakened heart muscle.
What are the symptoms of a damaged heart muscle?
Muscles Around the Heart. The name of the muscles around the heart are the pectorals.