TYPES OF HEART DISEASE: YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF HEART DISEASE

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Heart disease can affect any and all parts of the cardiovascular system the myocardium, the valves, the coronary arteries, the conduction system, the arteries and veins, and the pericardium. Disease in any of these areas may be called “heart (or cardiovascular) disease.”

You Can Have More Than One Type of Heart Disease

The process of diagnosing heart disease is complicated. To begin with, more than one type of cardiovascular disease or problem can occur at the same time in the same person. In fact, this is often the case. However, one problem may overshadow the others. This problem may be the most direct cause of symptoms, or it may have the greatest effect on your overall health and life span.

When more than one problem occurs, the conditions can sometimes be related to a single underlying cause. For example, “hardening of the arteries” due to cholesterol plaque deposits

(atherosclerosis) can occur in your coronary arteries (arteries to the heart muscle itself), carotid arteries (arteries carrying blood to the brain), aorta (the main artery leading from the heart), and leg arteries. Thus, you could have symptoms of angina (chest pain), stroke (brain injury), and claudication (limb pain or tiredness), all of which are caused by insufficient blood flow due to atherosclerosis.

Knowing that certain problems occur together, doctors must sometimes piece together evidence of associated disease even if you have only one symptom or evidence of only one problem. Suppose, for example, that your doctor has detected an abdominal aortic aneurysm and recommends an operation to repair it. Experience has shown that coronary artery disease is present in more than 50 percent of people with aortic aneurysms, even if it is not causing symptoms of angina. Because coronary artery disease might make the aneurysm operation risky, your doctor may recommend tests to see whether serious coronary artery disease is present. Looking for and treating the coronary artery disease first make the operation for the aneurysm less risky.

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TYPES OF HEART DISEASE: YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF HEART DISEASEHeart disease can affect any and all parts of the cardiovascular system the myocardium, the valves, the coronary arteries, the conduction system, the arteries and veins, and the pericardium. Disease in any of these areas may be called “heart (or cardiovascular) disease.”You Can Have More Than One Type of Heart DiseaseThe process of diagnosing heart disease is complicated. To begin with, more than one type of cardiovascular disease or problem can occur at the same time in the same person. In fact, this is often the case. However, one problem may overshadow the others. This problem may be the most direct cause of symptoms, or it may have the greatest effect on your overall health and life span.When more than one problem occurs, the conditions can sometimes be related to a single underlying cause. For example, “hardening of the arteries” due to cholesterol plaque deposits(atherosclerosis) can occur in your coronary arteries (arteries to the heart muscle itself), carotid arteries (arteries carrying blood to the brain), aorta (the main artery leading from the heart), and leg arteries. Thus, you could have symptoms of angina (chest pain), stroke (brain injury), and claudication (limb pain or tiredness), all of which are caused by insufficient blood flow due to atherosclerosis.Knowing that certain problems occur together, doctors must sometimes piece together evidence of associated disease even if you have only one symptom or evidence of only one problem. Suppose, for example, that your doctor has detected an abdominal aortic aneurysm and recommends an operation to repair it. Experience has shown that coronary artery disease is present in more than 50 percent of people with aortic aneurysms, even if it is not causing symptoms of angina. Because coronary artery disease might make the aneurysm operation risky, your doctor may recommend tests to see whether serious coronary artery disease is present. Looking for and treating the coronary artery disease first make the operation for the aneurysm less risky.*79\252\8*

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