Heart disease

Alternative names:

cardiovascular disorders

Definition:

A disorder that affects the heart muscle or the blood vessels of the heart. A vascular disorder is a blood vessel problem such as poor circulation caused by blockage (see peripheral vascular disease).

Various forms of heart disease include:

• alcoholic cardiomyopathy
• aortic valve prolapse
• aortic valve stenosis
• arrhythmias
• cardiogenic shock
• congenital heart disease
• dilated cardiomyopathy
• heart attack
• heart failure
• heart tumor
• heart valve pulmonary stenosis
• hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• idiopathic cardiomyopathy
• ischemic cardiomyopathy
• mitral regurgitation; acute
• mitral regurgitation; chronic
• mitral stenosis
• mitral valve prolapse
• peripartum cardiomyopathy
• stable angina
• tricuspid regurgitation

See also chest pain in the symptoms section.