Cardiovascular
Aortic Aneurysm
Aortic Aneurysm – Abnormal dilation of an artery due to weakened vessel wall.
Aortic Dissection
Aortic Dissection – A tear in inner layer of aorta.
Arrhythmia
Arrhythmia – Any deviation from the heart’s normal sinus rhythm
Cardiomyopathy
Cardiomyopathy – Diseases of the heart muscle where the walls of the heart chambers have become thickened, stiff, or stretched.
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Heart Disease – Conditions that arise as a result of abnormal development of the fetal heart
Dyslipidaemia
Dyslipidaemia – Abnormal blood levels of one or more lipids or lipoproteins.
Heart Failure
Heart Failure – A Syndrome where the heart is unable to pump blood at a rate commensurate with the requirements of the metabolizing tissues or can do so only from an elevated filling pressure.
Hypertension
Hypertension – A clinical condition of persistent high blood pressure >140/90mmHg
Infective Endocarditis
Infective Endocarditis – Microbial infection of a heart valve, the lining of a cardiac chamber or blood vessel
Ischaemic Heart Disease
Ischaemic Heart Disease – Coronary heart disease from lack of blood supply & cell death
Myocarditis
Myocarditis – Acute or chronic inflammation of the myocardium
Pericarditis
Pericarditis – An inflammation of the pericardium, the lining around the heart