1) Cardiovascular disease is a general term for conditions affecting the heart or blood

vessels. It's usually associated with a build-up of fatty deposits inside the arteries
(atherosclerosis) and an increased risk of blood clots.

Heart Attack Ischemic Heart Failure Arrhythmia Rheuma Heart Valve

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Disease

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attack when a blood mean that the arrhythmia caused valves don't
occurs when vessel that heart stops is an by open enough
the blood feeds the beating. Heart abnormalit damage to allow the
flow to that brain gets failure, y of the to the blood to flow
part of the blocked from a sometimes called heart's heart through as it
heart is blood clot congestive heart rhythm. It valves should it's
blocked by a failure, means the may beat and called
blood clot heart isn’t too slowly, heart stenosis
pumping blood as too quickly, muscle
well as it should. or from the
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working, but the ation
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Physical changes to the organs of the body

Heart Attack Ischemic Stroke Heart Failure Arrhythmia Rheumatic Heart Valve
Disease problems

Your body gets less Because your brain controls Over time, blood and If arrhythmia R.D can affect one or more of
oxygen and it tries everything your body does, a other fluids can back is left many different the valves in
to keep the blood it stroke will affect the way up inside other untreated, the body systems, your heart
has to supply your your body functions. For organs, including heart may not including the doesn't work
heart and brain. example, if a stroke damages your lungs, liver, be able to musculoskeletal properly. Your
This leaves less for the part of your brain that lower body or pump enough system, heart has four
organs like your controls your right leg, then abdomen. This faulty blood to the integumentary valves that keep
kidneys and liver. A you may have weakness or pumping also means body. This can system, ocular blood flowing in
lack of enough numbness in that leg. Your your body isn’t damage the system, immune the correct
blood can damage brain also controls how you receiving enough of heart, the system, direction. In
these organs. think, learn, feel and the oxygen it brain, or other circulatory some cases, on
communicate. requires. organs. system, and or more of the
more. valves don't
open or close
properly. This
can cause the
blood flow
through your
heart to your
body to be
disrupted.

Causes

Heart Attack Ischemic Stroke Heart Failure Arrhythmia Rheumatic Heart Valve
Disease Problem
It occurs when Strokes can also The heart isn't Arrhythmia is This is When the
the blood flow to be caused by pumping blood as caused by caused by heart valves
that part of the bleeding from a well as it should changes to damage to don't open
heart is blocked blood vessel in heart tissue. It the heart enough to
by a blood clot the brain or can also occur valves and allow the
from blood clots suddenly as a heart muscle blood to
result of form flow through
exertion or inflammation as it should
stress, scarring
imbalances in caused by
the blood, Rheumatic
medicines, or Disease
problems with
electrical
signals in the
heart.

Symptoms
Heart Attack Ischemic Stroke Heart Failure Arrhythmia Rheumatic Heart Valve
 Disease Problem

Pain or The most Reduced ability Dizziness or Symptoms Shortness of

discomfort common to exercise. lightheadedness of heart breath,
in the center symptom of a . disease difficulty
of the chest stroke is sudden
Swelling include: catching your
(edema) in Rapid heartbeat
and the weakness in the shortness breath,
your legs, or pounding in
arms, the face, arm, or leg, of breath, fatigue,
ankles and the chest.
left most often on one fatigue, weakness, or
shoulder, side of the body. feet. Chest pain or irregular inability to
elbows, jaw, pressure. heartbeats, maintain
draw or back chest pain regular
and activity level.
fainting.