{"id":32140,"date":"2025-09-25T14:30:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/?p=32140"},"modified":"2025-09-25T14:30:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:30:54","slug":"the-definition-of-heart-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/25\/the-definition-of-heart-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"The Definition of Heart Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"leftcontainerBox\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"ph_social_share_top\" class=\"ph_social_share_box ph_social_share_box_top\">\n<div id=\"phsmc_top_stumble\" class=\"phsmc\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a id=\"aptureLink_GHoEftFeYG\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/HLIC\/www.lahey.org\/images\/HeartVascular\/HeartVascularVHDDiagram.jpg\" target=\"_new\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111211091916im_\/http:\/\/www.natural-holistic-health.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/HLIC\/www.lahey.org\/images\/HeartVascular\/HeartVascularVHDDiagram.jpg?ba4058\" alt=\"\" width=\"190\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Heart disease is actually any condition or disorder in which the ability of the heart to perform is adversely affected.<\/p>\n<p>There are many forms of heart disease including\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/AlcoholAddiction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">alcoholic<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Cardiomyopathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cardiomyopathy<\/a>, aortic regurgitation, aortic stenosis,\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Arrhythmia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">arrhythmias<\/a>, carcinogenic shock, congenital heart disease,\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Arteriosclerosis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">coronary artery disease<\/a>\u00a0(CAD), endocarditis, heart attack also called a myocardial infarction, heart failure, heart tumor, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic cardiomyopathy, ischemic cardiomyopathy, acute mitral\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Vomiting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">regurgitation<\/a>, chronic mitral regurgitation, mitral stenosis, mitral valve prolapse, peripartum\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Cardiomyopathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">cardiomyopathy<\/a>, pulmonary stenosis, stable\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Angina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">angina<\/a>, unstable\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Angina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">angina<\/a>\u00a0and also tricuspid\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Vomiting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">regurgitation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There are many things that can cause or lead to heart disease including narrowing of or a blockage of the coronary arteries that are responsible for supplying blood to the heart. Some cases of heart disease are present at birth such as congenital heart disease and others occur as we go through life and can include\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Hypertension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hypertension<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"\/about\/Hypertension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">high blood pressure<\/a>), abnormal heart valve function, an abnormal heart rhythm, and a weakening of the heart\u2019s ability to pump that can happen when there is infection or a toxin present in the bloodstream.<\/p>\n<p>Heart disease is a leading cause of death for both men and women in the U.S. Coronary heart disease is the major type of\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/HeartDisease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heart disease<\/a>\u00a0and is the type that causes 71% of the heart connected deaths in the U.S. Almost half of the victims of heart attacks die before getting to the emergency room.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals who have\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Hypertension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">high blood pressure<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/HighCholesterol\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">high cholesterol<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Diabetes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">diabetes<\/a>, are obese or are older than 60 are all at an increased risk for\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/HeartDisease\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">heart disease<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Heart disease can be caused by\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Infection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">infection<\/a>, by toxins, by smoking, by other disease or by birth defects and malformation of the heart during the fetal stage of life. Anyone can get heart disease but it is more prevalent as we age.<\/p>\n<p>Some risk factors for heart disease are unavoidable and cannot be controlled such as age, or family history and congenital heart problems. The individual can control other risk factors such as\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/EffectiveWeightLossTips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">obesity<\/a>, and smoking.<\/p>\n<p>Heart disease can involve just the arteries, it can involve a part of the heart that is not functioning, or it can involve a malformation of the heart at birth. It can involve a perfectly good heart that becomes damaged by disease, infection or a toxin.<\/p>\n<p>Heart disease can be something that occurs at birth, it can be something that occurs over a lifetime of bad habits like overeating and smoking or it can occur because of an event such as the introduction of a toxin into the bloodstream or the occurrence of an\u00a0<a href=\"\/about\/Infection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">infection<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We Recommend:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/recommends\/CardioKlenz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cardio-Klenz<\/a>\u00a0is the only natural supplement that we are aware of which utilizes enteric coating technology to safely release the active ingredients in the stomach.\u00a0 This delivery method not only protects the enzymes such as Nattokinase but also greatly enhances the efficacy of other ingredients present such as Resveratrol and L-Glutathione.\u00a0 No other formula covers so many \u2018angles\u2019 to manage and protect your cardiovascular system, and yet\u00a0<a href=\"\/recommends\/CardioKlenz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cardio-Klenz<\/a>\u00a0is still natural with no known side effects.<\/p>\n<div id=\"related-posts\">\n<div id=\"related-posts-MRP_all\" class=\"related-posts-type\">\n<h2>Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/heart-disease-basics\/\">Heart Disease Basics<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heart disease is actually any condition or disorder in which the ability of the heart to perform is adversely affected. There are many forms of heart disease including\u00a0alcoholic\u00a0cardiomyopathy, aortic regurgitation, aortic stenosis,\u00a0arrhythmias, carcinogenic shock, congenital heart disease,\u00a0coronary artery disease\u00a0(CAD), endocarditis, heart attack also called a myocardial infarction, heart failure, heart tumor, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, idiopathic cardiomyopathy, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heart-blood-circulatory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32140\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.webcoreweb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}