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Revision as of 15:31, 12 September 2006
Heart disease is one of a number of different diseases which afflict the heart. The most common heart diseases are:
- Heart disease, a disease that affects the heart
- Coronary heart disease, the end result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium
- Ischaemic heart disease, a disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart.
- Cardiovascular disease, a class of diseases that involve the heart and/or blood vessels (arteries and veins).Implies under this category some popular diseases like: diabetes, high blood pressure and hypercholesterolemia.
- Pulmonary heart disease, a failure of the right side of the heart.
- Hereditary heart disease
- Hypertensive heart disease
- Inflammatory heart disease♥
- valvular heart disease
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External links
High Blood Pressure and Heart Disease
-- a web site addressing how to reduce the risks of heart disease beginning at an early age