Problem
Heart disorders
Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Heart diseasesCardiac weakness
Damage to heart
Impairment of heart function
Heart disease in animals
Nature:
Many general diseases affect the heart and can be classified according to the part of the heart affected or the nature of the changes produced. Inflammatory infections are divided into pericarditis, myocarditis, and endocarditis. Valvular diseases are one of the most important groups in which any of the four valves may be stenosed; associated with this group are hypertrophy in which the heart is enlarged, and dilation, in which one or more of the cavities is dilated. Degeneration of the muscular tissue may take place in the direction either of a fatty or, less commonly, of a fibroid change. There is also a class of functional disorders in which palpitation, irregularity, rapidity, slowness or even severe attacks of pain appear. If the defect of the heart be so great that it must be remedied by compensation, the pumping power of the heart weakens and symptoms appear either to the heart itself (pain and palpitation) or to other organs—for example: breathlessness, faintness, dyspepsia, swelling of the abdomen, dropsy of the feet.
Broader Problems:
Cardiovascular disordersHealth risks of alcohol consumptionDiseases of the blood circulation system Narrower Problems:
Angina pectorisHypertrophy heartCardiac insufficiencyPulmonary heart diseaseCongenital heart defectsSymptomatic heart diseaseDegenerative heart diseaseDisorders of the myocardiumDisorders of the pericardiumDisorders of the endocardiumRound heart disease in poultryFunctional disorders of the heartInflammatory affections of the heartCoronary heart disease Related Problems:
Disharmonies of Blood in the bodyDisharmonies of the Heart in the body References:
Ball, Madeleine and Mann, Jim: Lipids and Heart Disease: a practical approachJulian, D G and Wenger, N K: Cardiac Problems of the Adolescent and Young AdultBraunwald, Eugene: Heart Disease: a textbook of cardiovascular medicineSymons, C, et al: Specific Heart Muscle DiseaseDurron, Daskin R: Heart Injuries: medical and scientific subject analysis withDembroski, T M, et al: Biobehavioral Bases of Coronary Heart Disease Subject(s):
Health Care → HandicappedMedicine → Cardiology
Medicine → Pathology
Societal Problems → Destruction
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
D: Detailed problems Date of last update
17.10.2021 – 10:29 CEST