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Although blocked blood vessels can cause both coronary heart disease and some types of stroke, stroke is not the same as heart disease...
Aortic stenosis may be congenital (present from before birth), but is often diagnosed during teenage years...
Pericarditis symptoms may be similar to those of heart attack and include chest pain and abnormal heart rhythms...
Heart attack is an emergency. If you have warning signs of heart attack, get help fast. Call triple zero (000) and ask for an ambulance...
If in doubt about the cause of your chest pain, call an ambulance...
Congestive heart failure is present when the heart cannot pump enough blood to satisfy the needs of the body...
Angina attacks can be prompted by exertion or physical exercise, when the hard-working heart muscle requires greater amounts of oxygen...
A heart that beats irregularly, too fast or too slow, is experiencing an arrhythmia...
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a type of arrhythmia, which means that the heart beats fast and abnormally...
Endocarditis is an infection of the heart valves or the inner lining of the heart...