Heart Disease: Types, Causes, and Symptoms

Coronary Artery Disease Coronary heart disease can give you pain in your chest, called angina, or lead to a heart attack.

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Heart Arrhythmias

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Heart Failure

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Heart Valve Disease

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Pericardial Disease

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Cardiomyopathy (Heart Muscle Disease)

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Congenital Heart Disease

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