| Your heart is the organ that pumps the blood | | | | blood vessel system. So almost any problem that |
| throughout your body. It is made up almost entirely of | | | | affects your blood vessel system as a whole, is going |
| muscle and works nonstop as a blood pump right up | | | | to have some negative affect on your heart. This is |
| until the moment you die. Anything that causes your | | | | not a blanket rule though and there are exceptions. |
| cardiac muscle to not function properly, is an | | | | Cor pulmonale is a failure of the right side of the heart. |
| immediate problem for the rest of your body. You just | | | | Hereditary heart disease is any type of heart disease |
| cant "tough it out" when it comes to disease, like you | | | | that you inherit through your families genes. This can |
| might be able to with other diseases. | | | | be any one of a number of type of disorders of the |
| The term heart disease, is a term that refers to a | | | | heart muscle.Inflammatory heart disease is cause by it |
| broad scope of ailments, that effect the cardiac | | | | getting bigger than it should be. This might not seem |
| muscle and the job it has to do. They are all very | | | | like it would be too much of a problem but in actuality |
| serious, though some are more serious than others. | | | | is life threatening. |
| Some are also more treatable than others. The | | | | Your heart is enclosed in a limited amount of space |
| following are some of the most common diseases of | | | | that it has to work in. When it becomes inflamed, or |
| it but are not all of them. | | | | grows larger than it normally should be, it cant do its |
| Coronary heart disease is caused by a build up of | | | | job as well as it should do it. This disease can also |
| plaque, within the walls, that supply the cardiac muscle, | | | | affect the tissue surrounding the heart. |
| with the blood that it needs to survive. It also needs a | | | | Experiments have been done, involving a radical |
| blood supply to it, just like nay other organ, or muscle in | | | | operation, that involves removing a section of the heart |
| your body and if the hearts blood supply is cut off to | | | | and then stitching it back together, to reduce its size, |
| any part if it, this will cause a heart attack. This is when | | | | but research is still ongoing and the operation is still not |
| part of the heart dies, due to lack of blood flow to it. | | | | approved for humans in the United States. It has been |
| Ischaemic heart disease is another disease of the | | | | performed successfully in other countries though. |
| heart, that is brought on by reduced blood supply to | | | | Valvular heart disease is a disease that affects the |
| the heart. Unlike other muscles in your body, your | | | | valves of the cardiac muscle. Heart valves must open |
| cardiac muscle can not ever take a rest, it works | | | | and close properly for your cardiac muscle to pump |
| even while you sleep. So any interference with its | | | | blood effectively. Damaged or malfunctioning heart |
| blood supply is a serious threat to your life. | | | | valves, allow blood to leak by them, or if they aren't |
| Cardiovascular disease is a term that describes a | | | | opening properly, not enough blood to pass through |
| number of diseases that affect the blood vessel | | | | them. |
| system, as it pertains to your heart. | | | | As pumps go, your heart is as complex as you can |
| It is very difficult to have a disease of the blood | | | | get. So remember to take care of it because unlike |
| vessels and not have it effect your heart also. The | | | | other organs in your body such as your kidneys or |
| main blood vessels of your body run right through your | | | | your eyes, you only have one. |
| cardiac muscle. Your heart is interconnected with your | | | | |