Key facts
- Specialty
- Cardiology
- Symptoms
- Chest pain , shortness of breath , fatigue , loss of consciousness
- Complications
- Heart failure, heart attack, stroke, aneurysm, peripheral artery disease, sudden cardiac arrest.
- Usual onset
- Older adults
- Types
- Coronary artery diseases , stroke , heart failure , hypertensive heart disease , rheumatic heart disease , cardiomyopathy , Arrhythmia
- Risk factors
- Diabetes , high blood lipids , excess weight, Smoking , excessive drug use, excessive alcohol intake, genetic predisposition
- Prevention
- Healthy eating , exercise, avoiding tobacco smoke, limited alcohol intake, Overall lifestyle changes
- Treatment
- Treating high blood pressure , high blood lipids , diabetes
- Medication
- Aspirin , beta blockers , blood thinners
- Deaths
- 17.9 million / 32% (2015)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs include coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis.
The underlying mechanisms vary depending on the disease. It is estimated that dietary risk factors are associated with 53% of CVD deaths. Coronary artery disease, stroke, and peripheral artery disease involve atherosclerosis. This may be caused by high blood pressure, smoking, diabetes mellitus, lack of exercise, obesity, high blood cholesterol, poor diet, excessive alcohol consumption, and poor sleep, among other things. High blood pressure is estimated to account for approximately 13% of CVD deaths, while tobacco accounts for 9%, diabetes 6%, lack of exercise 6%, and obesity 5%. Rheumatic heart disease may follow untreated strep throat.