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Information on symptoms and conditions that can affect the heart

What is heart disease?

Heart disease includes a range of conditions that affect the heart, such as:

• conditions where the blood flow to the heart is interrupted or reduced (coronary heart disease)
• heart failure
• problems with the rhythm of the heart
• conditions that can be passed on through your parents’ genes (inherited)
• conditions that are present at birth (congenital)

Coronary heart disease

Coronary heart disease is a term used to describe what happens when the blood flow to the heart is interrupted or reduced. Angina and heart attacks often happen as a result of coronary heart disease.

Information about coronary heart disease, symptoms and treatments

Angina

Information about angina, symptoms and treatments

Chest pain

What to do if you have chest pain and when to seek help

Heart attack

Information about heart attack, symptoms and treatments

Heart failure

Heart failure is a condition where your heart cannot pump blood around your body as well as it should.

Information about heart failure, symptoms and treatments

Heart rhythm disorders

A heart rhythm problem, also known as arrhythmia, usually means your heart is beating too fast, too slow or irregularly.

Atrial fibrillation

Information about atrial fibrillation, symptoms and treatments

Heart block

Information about heart block, symptoms and treatment

Heart palpitations

Information about heart palpitations, symptoms and treatments

Supraventricular tachycardia

Information about supraventricular tachycardia, symptoms and treatments

Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome

Information about Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, symptoms and treatments

Inherited heart conditions

Inherited heart conditions, sometimes referred to as inherited cardiac conditions (ICC), are a group of heart conditions that are passed on through your parents’ genes.

Information about inherited heart conditions, symptoms and treatments

Congenital heart disease

Congenital heart disease is a condition or problem with the heart that is there from birth.

Information about congenital heart disease, symptoms and treatments

Women’s heart health

Heart disease is a major cause of ill health and death for women in Scotland.

Information on heart disease in women and where to get support

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