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Cardiovascular Diseases are conditions affecting the heart and blood vessels, posing risks to cardiovascular health and increasing heart-related complications.
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What is cardiovascular disease?

Cardiovascular disease is a group of diseases affecting your heart and blood vessels. These diseases can affect one or many parts of your heart and/or blood vessels. A person may be symptomatic (physically experiencing the disease) or asymptomatic (not feeling anything at all).

What is a heart disease?

Heart disease describes a range of conditions that affect the heart. Heart diseases include: Heart problems you're born with (congenital heart defects) Many forms of heart disease can be prevented or treated with healthy lifestyle choices. Heart disease symptoms depend on the type of heart disease.

What are the different types of cardiovascular diseases?

Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels. They include: coronary heart disease – a disease of the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle; cerebrovascular disease – a disease of the blood vessels supplying the brain; peripheral arterial disease – a disease of blood vessels supplying the arms and legs;

What are the different types of cardiovascular disease?

Cardiovascular disease refers to all diseases of the heart and circulation, including coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, heart attack and stroke.

What are the most common cardiovascular conditions in the world?

Heart and cardiovascular conditions are among the most common in the world. The umbrella term cardiovascular disease (CVD) refers to all the diseases of the cardiovascular system – which consists of the heart and all the blood vessels in the body. CVD is the leading cause of death globally.

Cardiovascular Diseases References

If you want to know more about Cardiovascular Diseases, consider exploring links below:

What Is Cardiovascular Diseases

  1. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/cardiovascular-diseases-(cvds)
  2. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/21493-cardiovascular-disease
  3. https://www.hri.org.au/health/learn/cardiovascular-disease/the-12-most-common-heart-and-cardiovascular-conditions
  4. https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/consumer-healthcare/what-is-cardiovascular-disease
  5. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/heart-disease/symptoms-causes/syc-20353118
  6. https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/your-heart/what-is-heart-disease
  7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535419/
  8. https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/heart-stroke-vascular-diseases/hsvd-facts/contents/about

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