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Heart disease includes: Blood vessel disease, such as coronary artery disease. Irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias. Heart conditions that you're born with, ...
Fatty, cholesterol-containing deposits build up over time, forming plaques in the heart's arteries. If a plaque ruptures, a blood clot can form. The clot can ...
Coronary artery disease. Narrowed arteries may limit the heart's supply of oxygen-rich blood, resulting in weakened heart muscle. Heart attack. A heart attack ...
Learn about common heart rhythm disorders that can cause your heart to beat too fast, too slow or irregularly.
A congenital heart defect is a problem with the structure of the heart that a child is born with. Some congenital heart defects in children are simple and don't ...
Ventricular tachycardia. This irregular heart rhythm starts in the lower heart chambers, called the ventricles. The fast heart rate doesn't let the ventricles ...
Heart murmurs are sounds — such as whooshing or swishing — made by rapid, choppy (turbulent) blood flow through the heart. The sounds can be heard with a ...
Learn about this condition in which one or more of the heart valves doesn't work properly.
Beating too fast; Flip-flopping; Fluttering rapidly; Pounding; Skipping beats. Heart palpitations may be felt in the throat or neck as well as the chest.
However, a heart attack can cause a change in the heart's electrical activity that leads to sudden cardiac arrest. Symptoms. Symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest ...
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