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Hypertensive Heart Disease Learning Center
Complications could include:
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Angina; Arrhythmias; Heart attack; Heart failure; Stroke; Sudden death;
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Heart failure, also called congestive heart failure, is a condition in which the heart can no longer pump enough blood to the rest of the body.
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Angina is a type of chest discomfort caused by poor blood flow through the blood vessels (coronary vessels) of the heart muscle (myocardium. Related topics: Chest pain; Stable angina; Unstable angina; Variant angina.
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Angina is pain , discomfort, or pressure in the chest that is caused by ischemia , an insufficient supply of oxygen-rich blood to the heart muscle. It is sometimes also characterized by a feeling of choking, suffocation, or crushing heaviness. Thi...
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Angina is pain , "discomfort," or pressure localized in the chest that is caused by an insufficient supply of blood ( ischemia ) to the heart muscle. It is also sometimes characterized by a feeling of choking , suffocation, or crushing heaviness. ...
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Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is an unexpected death due to heart problems, which occurs within one hour from the start of any cardiac-related symptoms. SCD is sometimes called cardiac arrest.
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An arrhythmia is a disorder of the heart rate (pulse) or heart rhythm, such as beating too fast (tachycardia), too slow (bradycardia), or irregularly.
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An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart's rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.
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