About Heart Failure
Overview Heart failure happens when the heart cannot pump enough blood and oxygen to support other organs in your body. Heart failure is a serious condition, but…
About Cardiomyopathy
What it is Cardiomyopathy represents a collection of diverse conditions of the heart muscle. These diseases have many causes, symptoms, and treatments and can affect people of…
About Atrial Fibrillation
What it is Atrial fibrillation, often called AFib or AF, is the most common type of treated heart arrhythmia. An arrhythmia is when the heart beats too…
About Aortic Aneurysm
What it is Aortic aneurysms can dissect or rupture: The force of blood pumping can split the layers of the artery wall, allowing blood to leak in…
About Other Conditions Related to Heart Disease
Conditions related to heart disease Coronary artery disease, also called coronary heart disease or ischemic heart disease, is the most common type of heart disease, but there…
About Women and Heart Disease
Overview Over 60 million women (44%) in the United States are living with some form of heart disease.1 Heart disease is the leading cause of death for…
About Men and Heart Disease
Overview The term heart disease refers to several types of heart conditions, including coronary heart disease and heart attack. Heart disease is the leading cause of death…
About Heart Attack Symptoms, Risk, and Recovery
What it is A heart attack, also called a myocardial infarction, happens when a part of the heart muscle doesn’t get enough blood. The more time that…
About Coronary Artery Disease (CAD)
What it is Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common type of heart disease in the United States. It is sometimes called coronary heart disease or…
About Cardiac Arrest
What it is More than 356,000 people have an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the United States every year,1 and about 60% to 80% of them die before…