Heart Deseases

Were you looking for information about Heart Diseases? Heart deseases is a common misspelling of heart diseases.

Over 50 different heart diseases affect the heart and/or the blood vessel system within it. The most common heart disease is coronary artery disease. Some of these diseases may be present at birth; others develop during a person's lifetime.

A few examples of diseases that affect the coronary arteries and veins include angina, a heart attack, silent ischemia, and atherosclerosis. Some diseases that affect the heart chambers include congestive heart failure and pulmonary heart disease. Among the heart diseases that people are born with are pulmonic stenosis, congenital aortic stenosis, and atrial septal defect (ASD).

(Click Heart Diseases for more information about the different types of heart diseases and the areas of the heart or blood vessel system that they affect. You can also click on any of the links in the box to the right for more specific information.)