Types of Heart Disease

Types of Heart Disease Within the Heart Muscle

• Cardiomyopathy, such as:

• Dilated cardiomyopathy
• Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
• Restrictive cardiomyopathy

• Myocarditis, which is an inflammation of the heart muscle.
   

Heart Disease Types Affecting the Valves

• Mitral stenosis
• Mitral valve regurgitation
• Mitral valve prolapse
• Aortic stenosis
• Aortic regurgitation
• Tricuspid stenosis
• Tricuspid regurgitation
• Rheumatic heart disease, a condition in which the heart valves are damaged from rheumatic fever.
   

• Angina pectoris, or just angina, including:

• Stable angina
• Unstable angina
• Variant angina (also known as Prinzmetal's angina or coronary artery spasm)

• Heart attack, also known as a myocardial infarction or MI
• Coronary artery disease (CAD), also known as ischemic heart disease, coronary heart disease (CHD), or just heart disease
• Atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries
• Silent ischemia.
   

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