What is Heart Disease?

Abbreviated to CVD, cardiovascular disease includes conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels.

The most common CVDs include:

• Heart failure: Your heart can’t pump enough blood to meet your body’s needs
• Arteriosclerosis: The walls of your arteries thicken and harden
• Heart Valve Disease: One or more of your four heart valves don’t work properly
• Arrhythmia: The rhythm at which your heart beats is abnormal
• Hypertension: Your blood pressure is high, or exceeds 140 over 90
• Shock: There’s a sudden drop in blood flow throughout the body
• Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD): A disorder that affects your blood vessels, though the term, PVD, is often used as a synonym for peripheral artery disease
• Congenital Heart Disease: An abnormality in your heart’s structure that you’re born with
• Stroke: The sudden death of brain cells due to lack of oxygen, caused by blockage of blood flow or rupture of an artery to your brain

Make healthy living a habit because your heart is your life force and only YOU can protect it.