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World Heart Summit

THEME: "Surveying Challenges Concerning Prediction and Prevention of Heart Diseases"

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Cardio vascular diseases and Medicine

  • is now the most common cause of death worldwide. However, there are many ways to reduce the risk of developing these conditions. There are also many treatment options available if do they occur.The treatment, symptoms, and prevention of the conditions that are part of CVD often overlap.
  • Diseases and conditions that affect the heart include:
    • angina, a type of chest pain that occurs due to decreased blood flow into the heart
    • arrhythmia, or an irregular heartbeat or heart rhythm
    • congenital heart disease, in which a problem with heart function or structure is present from birth
    • coronary artery disease, which affects the arteries that feed the heart muscle
    • heart attack, or a sudden blockage to the heart’s blood flow and oxygen supply
    • heart failure, wherein the heart cannot contract or relax normally
    • dilated cardiomyopathy, a type of heart failure, in which the heart gets larger and cannot pump blood efficiently
    • hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle walls thicken and problems with relaxation of the muscle, blood flow, and electrical instability develop
    • mitral regurgitation, in which blood leaks back through the mitral valve of the heart during contractions