Heart disease refers to a multitude of conditions that can affect your heart. When people think about heart disease, they frequently think of the most prevalent kind, coronary artery disease (CAD), and the heart attacks it may cause. However, you may experience problems with various sections of your heart, such as the heart muscle, valves, or electrical system.
When your heart isn’t functioning properly, it has difficulty delivering enough blood, oxygen, and nutrition to your body. In a manner, your heart provides the gasoline that powers your body’s functions. If there is an issue distributing that fuel, it has an impact on all of your body’s functions.
What kinds of heart illness are there?
Types of heart disease include:
- fatty deposits causing your heart’s blood arteries to narrow (coronary artery disease).
- irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias.
- disorders of the heart valves.
- cardiac muscle abnormality (cardiomyopathy).
- Heart failure is characterized by heart squeezing and relaxation issues.
- Congenital heart disease is a condition that affects your heart from birth.
- problems with the pericardium, the fluid-filled sac that surrounds your heart.
What is the prevalence of heart disease?
The leading cause of death in the US is heart disease. One in five fatalities in 2021 were due to heart disease. That’s close to 700,000. Approximately 375,000 of the fatalities were due to coronary artery disease, the most prevalent form of heart disease.
Regardless of sex, heart disease affects people from the majority of ethnic backgrounds.
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