Heart disease conditions

Heart disease describes many heart conditions. Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most common of these conditions and occurs when blood vessels in your heart become blocked or narrowed, preventing oxygen-rich blood from reaching your heart. It can cause chest pain (called angina) or even a heart attack.

Click on a heart condition to find out more:

Angina
Arrhythmia
Atherosclerosis
Atrial fibrillation
Cardiomyopathy
Congenital heart disease
Coronary artery disease
Heart attack
Heart block
Heart failure
Infective (bacterial) endocarditis
Kawasaki disease
Long Q-T syndrome
Marfan syndrome
Pericarditis
Rheumatic heart disease
Valve disorders

Last reviewed August 2009.