Heart disease is the number one cause of death in this country. But it is also one of the most preventable. The choices you make every day – what to eat, how you respond to stress, whether or not to get up off the couch and exercise – affect how much you’re at risk. Click on a condition below to learn more.
Tricuspid Valve Disease can occur when the heart valve between the right atrium and the right ventricle, which normally has three flaps or cusps, becomes narrowed.
In mitral valve disease, the valve between the left heart chambers (left atrium and left ventricle) doesn’t work properly.
An aneurysm is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a portion of an artery due to weakness in the wall of the blood vessel.
Aortic dissection is a potentially life-threatening condition in which there is bleeding into and along the wall of the aorta, the major artery carrying blood out of the heart.
Angina is a type of chest discomfort due to poor blood flow through the blood vessels (coronary vessels) of the heart muscle (myocardium).
An abdominal aortic aneurysm is when the large blood vessel that supplies blood to the abdomen, pelvis, and legs becomes abnormally large or balloons outward.
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which fatty material collects along the walls of arteries. This fatty material thickens, hardens (forms calcium deposits), and may eventually block the arteries.
An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly.
Congenital heart disease refers to a problem with the heart’s structure and function due to abnormal heart development before birth.
The carotid arteries provide the main blood supply to the brain. There carotid arteries are located on each side of your neck under the jawline.
TextHeart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
A heart attack is when blood vessels that supply blood to the heart are blocked, preventing enough oxygen from getting to the heart.
Pericarditis is a condition in which the sac-like covering around the heart (pericardium) becomes inflamed.