Heart disease
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Heart disease is one of a number of different diseases which afflict the heart. The most common heart diseases are:
- Coronary heart disease, the end result of the accumulation of atheromatous plaques within the walls of the arteries that supply the myocardium
- Ischaemic heart disease, a disease characterized by reduced blood supply to the heart.
- Cardiovascular disease, a class of diseases that involve the heart and/or blood vessels (arteries and veins).Implies under this category some popular diseases like: diabetes, high blood pressure and cholesterol.
- Pulmonary heart disease, a failure of the right side of the heart.
- Hereditary heart disease
- Hypertensive heart disease
- Inflammatory heart disease
Cardiovascular system - Heart - [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit] atria (interatrial septum) | ventricles (interventricular septum) | valves (chordae tendinae, papillary muscle) right heart: (vena cavae, coronary sinus) → right atrium (fossa ovalis) → tricuspid valve → right ventricle → pulmonic valve
→ (pulmonary artery and pulmonary circulation)left heart: (pulmonary veins) → left atrium → mitral valve → left ventricle → aortic valve
→ (aorta, aortic sinus and systemic circulation)pericardium | epicardium | endocardium | myocardium
conduction system: cardiac pacemaker | Purkinje fibers | bundle of His | SA node | AV node
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