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Heart, section through the middle
The interior of the heart is composed of valves, chambers, and associated vessels.
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Definition
Alternative Names
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Symptoms
Signs and tests
Treatment
Expectations (prognosis)
Complications
Calling your health care provider
Prevention
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As a Complication
Acute Mitral Regurgitation
Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN)
Alcoholic Cardiomyopathy
Aortic Coarctation
Arrhythmia
Beriberi
Cardiac Tamponade
Chronic Renal Failure (CRF)
Congestive Cardiomyopathy
Coronary Heart Disease
Digitalis Toxicity
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)
Endocarditis
Essential Hypertension
Folic Acid Deficiency Anemia
Friedreich Ataxia
Glomerulonephritis
Gouty Arthritis
Graves Disease
Heart Attack
Hepatorenal Syndrome
High Blood Pressure
Hypertensive Heart Disease
Hypertensive Renal Disease
Hyperthyroidism
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Infective Endocarditis
Medullary Cystic Disease
Mitral Valve Disease
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
Myocarditis
Osler-Weber-Rendu Disease (HHT)
Paget's Disease of the Bone
Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PVST)
Patent Ductus Arteriosus
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Polycythemia Vera
Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH)
Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Valve Stenosis
Rheumatic Fever
Scleroderma
Septic Shock
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)
Sick Sinus Syndrome
Sideroblastic Anemia
Systemic Sclerosis
Tetanus
Thalassemia
Thyroid Storm
Toxic Shock Syndrome
Trichinosis
Tricuspid Atresia
Tricuspid Valve Disease
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency
Unstable Angina
Ventricular Septal Defects
Waldenstrom's Disease
Williams Syndrome
Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
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As a Cause
Left Heart Failure
Low Blood Pressure (Hypotension)
Pulmonary Edema
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As a Risk Factor
Arrhythmia
Ascites
Breathing Too Fast (Tachypnea)
Central Sleep Apnea
Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
Diabetes Mellitus with Hyperosmolar Coma
Digitalis Toxicity
Ischemic Colitis
Low Sodium In Blood (Hyponatremia)
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia
Stasis Dermatitis
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