cardiovascular disease

1. Cardiovascular disease
Prepared by
Rawan Ali Hussein
1st stage 2019 / 2020
Group A

2. Introduction
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that
involve the heart or blood vessels. The cardiovascular
system is made up of the heart and blood vessels.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is defined as any serious,
abnormal condition of the heart or blood vessels (arteries,
veins). Cardiovascular disease includes coronary heart
disease (CHD), stroke, peripheral vascular disease,
congenital heart disease, endocarditis, and many other
conditions.

3. Types of cardiovascular
disease:
1. The vascular diseases include:
* Coronary artery disease: involves the reduction of blood flow to the
heart muscle due to build-up of plaque in the arteries of the heart.

4. * Peripheral arterial disease:
is an abnormal narrowing of arteries blood vessels that supply
blood to the arms and legs

5. * Cerebrovascular disease: disease of blood vessels
that supply blood to the brain (includes stroke)

6. 2. The heart diseases include:
* Cardiomyopathy
is a group of diseases that affect the heart muscle.

7. Valvular heart disease:*
is any cardiovascular disease process involving one
or more of the four valves of the heart.

8. The risk factors for CVD
1. Genetics
2.Age
3. Gender
4. smoking
5. physical inactivity
6. Diet
7. Sleep

9. CardiovascularDiseaseTreatments:
Treatments for cardiovascular diseases can differ by the type
of condition.Yours may include:
1. Changing parts of your lifestyle like your diet, exercise,
and alcohol and tobacco use .
2. Medications, including ones that treat risk factors like
blood pressure or cholesterol or to break up clots.
3. Medical procedures like having a balloon or stent placed in
your blood vessel, heart valve surgery, or coronary artery
bypass graft surgery.

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