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Heart Diseases

What is heart disease?

Heart disease is a general term that includes many types of heart problems. It's also called cardiovascular disease, which means heart and blood vessel disease.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, but there are ways to prevent and manage many types of heart disease.

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  1. Heart Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is heart disease? Heart disease is a general term that includes many types of heart problems. It's also called cardiovascular disease, which means heart ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heartdiseases.html - Health Topics
  2. Heart Failure (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is heart failure? Heart failure means that your heart can't pump enough oxygen-rich blood to meet your body's needs. Heart failure doesn't mean that ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heartfailure.html - Health Topics
  3. Sudden Cardiac Arrest (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is sudden cardiac arrest (SCA)? Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is a condition in which the heart suddenly stops beating. When that happens, blood stops flowing to the brain and other ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/suddencardiacarrest.html - Health Topics
  4. Heart Valve Diseases (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are heart valve diseases? Heart valve disease happens when one or more of your heart valves don't work well. Your heart has four valves: the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heartvalvediseases.html - Health Topics
  5. Heart Health Tests (National Library of Medicine)  
    Heart diseases are the number one killer in the U.S. They are also a major cause of disability. If you do have a heart disease, it is important to find it early, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/hearthealthtests.html - Health Topics
  6. Heart Surgery (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is heart surgery? Heart surgery can correct certain heart problems when other treatments haven't worked or can't be used. In some cases, heart surgery may be a medical emergency. For example, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/heartsurgery.html - Health Topics
  7. Congenital Heart Defects (National Library of Medicine)  
    What are congenital heart defects? Congenital heart defects (CHDs) are problems with the structure of the heart. "Congenital" means that that the problems ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/congenitalheartdefects.html - Health Topics
  8. Cardiac Rehabilitation (National Library of Medicine)  
    Cardiac rehabilitation (rehab) is a medically supervised program to help people who have: A heart attack Angioplasty or coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary heart disease A heart valve repair or replacement A ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/cardiacrehabilitation.html - Health Topics
  9. How to Prevent Heart Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Heart disease is the leading cause of the death in the United States. It is also a ... many things that can raise your risk for heart disease. They are called risk factors. Some of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/howtopreventheartdisease.html - Health Topics
  10. Coronary Artery Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    ... disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease. It is the leading cause of death ... happens when the arteries that supply blood to heart muscle become hardened and narrowed. This is due ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/coronaryarterydisease.html - Health Topics
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