Preventing Heart Disease
Overview By living a healthy lifestyle, you can help keep your blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar levels normal and lower your risk for heart disease and…
Heart Disease Risk Factors
Overview Several health conditions, your lifestyle, and your age and family history can increase your risk for heart disease. These are called risk factors. Key risk factors…
About Cardiomyopathy in Children and Youth
What it is When cardiomyopathy occurs, the normal muscle in the heart can thicken, stiffen, thin out, or fill with substances the body produces that do not…
About Sudden Cardiac Arrest in Children and Youth
What it is When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, the heart stops pumping effectively and blood stops flowing to the rest of the body. A person experiencing sudden…
About Heart Valve Disease
What it is Heart valve disease is when any valve in the heart has damage or is diseased. There are several causes of valve disease. The normal…
How Cardiac Rehabilitation Can Help Heal Your Heart
What cardiac rehabilitation is About 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year. About 1 in 4 of those people already had a…
About Heart Disease and Mental Health
Overview Mental health disorders can be short- or long-term and can interfere with a person’s mood, behavior, thinking, and ability to relate to others. Various studies have…
About Sleep and Your Heart Health
How much sleep do I need? Most adults need at least 7 hours of sleep each night.1 However, more than 1 in 3 American adults say they…
About Pulmonary Hypertension
What it is With pulmonary hypertension, the blood vessels to the lungs develop an increased amount of muscle in the wall of the blood vessels. The heart…
About Marfan Syndrome
What it is Marfan syndrome is a genetic condition that affects connective tissue, which provides support for the body and organs. Marfan syndrome can damage the blood…