Overview of Major Cardiovascular Diseases and Conditions

Cardiovascular diseases encompass various conditions affecting heart function and blood flow, leading to serious health complications.

### Overview of Cardiovascular Diseases: Types, Causes, and Effects
* ❤ Cardiovascular diseases can be categorized into various types, with **coronary artery disease being the most common**, characterized by **poor blood flow to the heart** due to plaque buildup in the coronary arteries.
* 🩺 Acute myocardial infarction, a severe consequence of coronary artery disease, occurs when **blood flow is completely blocked**, leading to **tissue necrosis from lack of oxygen**.
* 💔 Angina, a symptom of coronary artery disease, manifests as **chest pain during episodes of temporary blood supply loss to the heart**, which can be classified into **stable and unstable types**.
* 🫀 Aortic diseases, such as aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection, involve abnormalities in the aorta that can lead to **serious complications**, including **thrombosis and backflow of blood**, resulting in **pulmonary edema**.
* 🏥 Heart failure, which can be right-sided, left-sided, or congestive, leads to **reduced cardiac output and congestion in various organs**, causing symptoms like **chronic fatigue and shortness of breath**.
* 🔍 Cardiomyopathies, which affect the heart muscle, can lead to conditions like **dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy**, resulting in **decreased heart efficiency and potential heart failure**.
* 🧬 Congenital heart diseases, often caused by conditions like **rheumatic fever**, include defects such as **patent foramen ovale** and **tetralogy of Fallot**, which can **significantly impact health from infancy**.
* 💧 Pericarditis, inflammation of the pericardium, and valvular diseases like rheumatic heart disease further complicate cardiovascular health, highlighting the **importance of understanding these conditions for prevention and treatment**.

In this video, we will look at cardiovascular diseases, and we'll break them down into categories. So, the first and the most common is coronary artery disease, also known as ischemic heart disease. It is where we have poor blood flow to the heart. The heart is supplied by blood through vessels called the coronary arteries. But if we have a plaque as a result of atherosclerosis, for example, we have decreased blood flow to the heart tissues. If we get no blood flow, it can lead to acute myocardial infarction. This is where we have necrosis of the myocardial tissue caused by lack of oxygenation and blood flow. As I mentioned, acute myocardial infarction is a result of an occluded coronary artery. Coronary artery disease is associated with angina, which occurs when there is a temporary loss of blood supply to the heart, causing chest pain. There are two types of angina.

stable angina and unstable angina. Stable angina is where we have a stable plot, and chest pain comes about upon exertion, so exercising. Then there is unstable angina, which is a result of a hemodynamically unstable plug, and we have thrombosis involved. A heart attack occurs when the hot blood vessel is suddenly blocked, and this is life-threatening and leads to myocardial infarction. As mentioned, the next type of cardiovascular disease we will look at is heart failure. Now, heart failure can result from many heart and body conditions, disorders such as coronary heart disease, hypertension, cardiomyopathies, and vasculitis, amongst many other things. Heart failure is where the heart is basically unable to maintain a strong blood flow and pump it to the body around the body, and this results in chronic tiredness, reduced physical activity, and shortness of breath. So here we have the heart and its four chambers, and here we have the inferior vena cava, which connects

with the liver via the hepatic vein, and the liver coming out of the liver from the bottom, we have the portal vein. Heart failure can be divided into three types: right-sided heart failure, left-sided heart failure, and congestive heart failure. Right-sided heart failure is usually a result of left-sided heart failure. In right-sided heart failure, so we're talking about the right atrium and right ventricle, blood can back up into other tissues such as the liver and the abdomen, causing congestion in these areas. So, as a result of right-sided heart failure, we can have hepatomegaly and ascites because of the backflow from the right ventricle and right atrium. Because the right side of the heart fails to pump blood out, to pump blood in the right direction. Now in left-sided heart failure, oxygenated blood, because on the left side we have the left ventricle and left atrium, which contains the oxygenated blood from the lungs. So in left-sided heart failure, oxygenated blood cannot be pumped out.

from the heart to the rest of the body, and so blood can backflow and accumulate in the lung, in the lungs of the veins, in the lung vein, pulmonary veins, essentially causing fluid accumulation in the lungs, leading to shortness of breath and pulmonary edema. The third type of heart failure is congestive heart failure, which involves both right and left-sided heart failures, leading to congestion in the lungs, pulmonary edema, and congestion of the liver and abdominal area. We have a decreased cardiac output, like in all heart failures, which leads to a decrease in venous return to the heart, which results in a decrease in stroke volume and cardiac output. Again, the cycle continues if the underlying problem is not solved. The next cardiovascular disease is cardiomyopathies. Now, cardiomyopathies involve the muscles of the heart, hence cardio heart, myo muscle, pathes abnormality. So, cardiomyopathies is where the heart muscles become enlarged, thickened, or stiff, reducing the effectiveness of the heart, leading to

heart failure. There are three main types of cardiomyopathies: dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and restrictive cardiomyopathy. Let's look at dilated first. Dilated cardiomyopathy is when there is less blood pumped from the heart because ventricles are enlarged and weakened. Dilated cardiomyopathy can lead to systolic heart failure with a big decrease in ejection fraction. So, we have enlarged ventricles with dilation. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, on the other hand, is when there's less blood pumped from the heart because the ventricles can't fully relax. So, it's a problem in diastole, and thus hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can lead to diastolic heart failure. So, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, we have a thick ventricle, super thick, and the muscles of the ventricles are super thick, and the ventricular septum is also thick, thus restricting proper filling of the ventricles with blood.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy is when the left ventricle maintains normal dimensions, but we develop left atrial hypertrophy and dilation, and right ventricular hypertrophy as a result. So here we have hypertrophy and dilation of the left atria and hypertrophy of the left ventricle, and the right ventricle as a result because of the backflow from the left side of the heart to the right. The next cardiovascular disease involves the aorta, so we are going to classify this as aortic disease. An example is when we have an abnormal widening of the aorta, as an aortic aneurysm, specifically abdominal aortic aneurysm. So if we look at this aortic aneurysm here, it results in a weakened aortic wall and plaque formation, and this aortic aneurysm can result in thrombosis and then embolize, which can, you know, lodge into vessels leading to some very bad problems downstream. Another aortic disease is aortic dissection.

when blood will fill the walls of the aorta vessel, so this is due to some disruption or abnormality in the aortic vessel wall and allowing blood to accumulate between the two tunical layers of the aorta. Peripheral vascular disease, also known as peripheral arterial disease, is another cardiovascular disease. So here we have the heart with a descending aorta. Peripheral vascular disease is basically a result of plot formation in the peripheral vasculature from atherosclerosis, for example. So obstruction of large arteries that supply blood to the peripheries, and this can have um, this can lead to devastating con, like big problems such as if we have renal stenosis, for example. Another cardiovascular disease in a category is valvulitis, or more specifically, inflammation of the valves, or more specifically, valvular disease of the heart. So inflammation of the valve, the most common cause is rheumatic heart disease. Let's focus on rheumatic heart disease. Rheumatic heart disease is where there is permanent damage to the heart muscle.

mainly the vowels caused by rheumatic fever. So, if we look at rheumatic fever and how it comes about, well, a bacteria called group A strep, which are basically your streptococcus pyogenes, can cause pharyngitis in the throat, which then can cause rheumatic fever, which then can lead to rheumatic heart disease. Or group A streptococcus can lead straight to rheumatic fever as a result of local skin infection, for example. Other valvular disease, which do not always involve inflammation of the valves, include aortic stenosis, aortic regurgitation, mitral stenosis, and mitral regurgitation. The next cardiovascular disease is pericarditis, which is inflammation of the pericardium. The pericardium is a fibrous and serous layer protecting the heart. We will look at how the pericardium looks like inflamed and how it looks like normally using a diagrammatic representation. So, when the pericardium is normal, this is what it looks like.

you have the outer fibrous pericardium, the parietal layer, the parietal layer, and then we have the visceral pericardium, which directly surrounds the heart. In between the parietal and visceral layer of the pericardium is the pericardial cavity, which is a cavity that contains pericardial fluid that serves to reduce friction between the pericardium. In an inflamed pericardium, we have disruption of the pericardial layers, inflammation with thickening and damage to the pericardium, resulting in friction of the pericardial layers and pain. So, the pericardium rubs against each other as the heart contracts and relaxes. Other pericardial diseases are pericardial effusion, which can lead to tamponade, and hemopericardium, which is life-threatening. The last cardiovascular disease we will look at is congenital heart diseases, which are disorders of the heart or the central

blood vessels that are present at birth. The congenital heart diseases are actually the leading cause of death in the first year of life. We will look at five main ones. Patent foramen ovale is where the foramen ovale does not close, resulting in a left-to-right shunt. Patent ductus arteriosus is where the ductus arteriosus does not close, causing it to result in a left-to-right shunt as well, between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Coarctation of the aorta is another congenital heart disease. Transposition of the great vessels is where both the foramen ovale and patent ductus do not close. And the final congenital heart disease we will mention is tetralogy of Fallot, which is composed of four things. These are the right ventricular hypertrophy, the ventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and the overriding aorta. So, all these four represent a tetralogy of Fallot. I hope you enjoyed this video on the

main cardiovascular diseases. Hopefully, there'll be some links that will go into more detail into each of these conditions. Thank you very much for watching. Hope you enjoyed it.

Cardiovascular Disease Overview

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Heart failure can lead to fluid accumulation in the lungs, causing shortness of breath and pulmonary edema.

Congestive heart failure involves both right and left-sided failures, resulting in congestion in the lungs and liver.

Cardiomyopathies cause abnormal thickening or stiffening of the heart muscles, while peripheral vascular disease results from plaque formation in the arteries, leading to blood supply obstruction.

Valvulitis, or inflammation of the heart valves, is commonly caused by rheumatic heart disease, which can lead to permanent damage to the heart muscle.

Types of Cardiomyopathies and Heart Failure

There are three main types of cardiomyopathies: dilated, hypertrophic, and restrictive.

Dilated cardiomyopathy leads to enlarged and weakened ventricles, causing systolic heart failure.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy results in thickened ventricles, restricting proper filling with blood and leading to diastolic heart failure.

Heart failure can arise from various conditions, resulting in the heart's inability to maintain a strong blood flow, leading to chronic tiredness and shortness of breath.

The Structure and Diseases of the Pericardium

The pericardium consists of an outer fibrous layer, a parietal layer, and a visceral layer that directly surrounds the heart, with the pericardial cavity in between containing fluid to reduce friction.

Inflammation of the pericardium can cause pain and disrupt the layers, leading to conditions like pericardial effusion and hemopericardium.

Congenital heart diseases and valvular diseases, such as aortic and mitral stenosis or regurgitation, can also arise from factors like rheumatic fever caused by group A streptococcus.

Common Congenital Heart Diseases and Heart Failure

Congenital heart diseases are the leading cause of death in the first year of life, with five main types: patent foramen ovale, patent ductus arteriosus, coarctation of the aorta, transposition of the great vessels, and tetralogy of Fallot.

Heart failure is divided into three types: right-sided, left-sided, and congestive heart failure, with right-sided heart failure often resulting from left-sided failure and causing congestion in the liver and abdomen.

Left-sided heart failure leads to the inability to pump oxygenated blood out, causing a backup in the heart.

Coronary artery disease, caused by poor blood flow due to plaque buildup, can lead to acute myocardial infarction and angina.

Restrictive cardiomyopathy results in hypertrophy and dilation of the heart's chambers due to backflow.

Aortic diseases, such as aortic aneurysm and aortic dissection, involve abnormal widening and weakening of the aorta, potentially leading to serious complications.