"Cardiovascular disease" describes a range of conditions that affect your heart, including blood vessel diseases, heart rhythm problems and congenital heart defects. Cardiovascular disease often is used interchangeably with "heart disease."
Cardiovascular disease generally refers to conditions that involve narrowed or blocked blood vessels that can lead to a heart attack, chest pain or stroke. Other heart conditions, such as those that affect your heart's muscle, valves or rhythm, also are considered forms of heart disease.
Learn about some of the most common heart diseases:
Ugonjwa wa moyo na mishipa ya damu ni aina ya ugonjwa unaoathiri moyo, ikiwa ni pamoja na magonjwa ya mishipa ya damu, matatizo ya msukumo wa moyo na kasoro za kuzaliwa za moyo. Mara nyingi ugonjwa wa moyo hutumiwa kwa njia ileile na "ugonjwa wa moyo". Ugonjwa wa moyo na mishipa ya damu kwa ujumla inahusu hali ambazo zinahusisha mishipa ya damu iliyofupika au kufungwa ambayo inaweza kusababisha mshtuko wa moyo, maumivu ya kifua au kiharusi. Hali nyingine za moyo, kama vile zile zinazoathiri misuli ya moyo wako, valves au rhythm, pia huchukuliwa kuwa aina ya ugonjwa wa moyo. Jifunze kuhusu baadhi ya magonjwa ya moyo yanayoenea sana: