Heart disease is an umbrella term for a variety for different diseases affecting the heart. There are several types of heart disease, such as:
Coronary heart disease is a disease of the artery caused by the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium.
Cardiomyopathy literally means "heart muscle disease". It is the deterioration of the function of the myocardium (i.e., the actual heart muscle) for any reason.
Extrinsic cardiomyopathies and Intrinsic cardiomyopathies
Cardiovascular disease.
Ischaemic heart disease - another disease of the heart itself, characterized by reduced blood supply to the organs.
Heart failure also called congestive heart failure (or CHF), and congestive cardiac failure (CCF)
Hypertensive heart disease is heart disease caused by high blood pressure, especially localised high blood pressure. Conditions that can be caused by hypertensive heart disease include.
Inflammatory heart disease involves inflammation of the heart muscle and/or the tissue surrounding it.
Valvular heart disease is disease process that affects one or more valves of the heart. The valves in the right side of the heart are the tricuspid valve and the pulmonic valve.
