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Hypertension (high blood pressure)
a condition in which the force of blood against artery walls is too high. caused by caused by a defective gene located on the 14th chromosome or is unknown.
Congenital heart disease
a heart deficiency or abnormality that is present at birth.
Blood Loss Anemia
Low red blood cell count occurring over extended periods of time. It can also occur following an acute blood loss (acute blood loss anemia).
Caused by severe trauma, inability to coagulate (clot) blood, ruptured gastric or intestinal ulcers, postoperative bleeding, postpartum (after birth)
Hypotension
a condition in which the blood pressure is below the normal range.
caused by acute blood pressure, heart failure, shock, kidney failure, thyroid cancer, , and other infectious diseases.
Arteriosclerosis
The ‘hardening’ of the arteries & arterioles, caused by family history, hypertension, obesity, smoking, diabetes, stress, sedentary lifestyle, and high serum cholesterol
Myocardial infarction (MI)
medical term for a heart attack, when blood flow to a part of the heart is blocked, causing that part of the cardiac muscle tissue to die.
caused by obesity, stressful occupation, cigarette smoking, hypertension, aging, positive family history, elevated levels of cholesterol, and triglycerides in the blood.
Sickle cell disease
an inherited blood disorder that affects hemoglobin.
*Normal RBCs are round, but the RBCs of a person with sickle cell disease are crescent, or “sickle,” shaped.*
Occurs from an Injury or destruction of the blood cell formation by the bone marrow.
Cause includes damage to stem cells inside your bone marrow.
Aplastic Anemia
Cerebrovascular Accident aka stroke
the sudden impairment of the flow of blood to the brain and destroying or interrupting the supply of oxygen and causing serious damage or destruction of the brain tissue.
Atherosclerosis
Characterized by the deposit of fatty material along the linings of the arteries. caused by dyslipidemia, diabetes, cigarette smoking, family history, sedentary lifestyle, obesity, and hypertension.
Congestive heart failure (CHF)
when the heart becomes too weak to pump blood efficiently and supply the needs of the body.
Cardiac arrest
a sudden loss of blood flow resulting from the failure of the heart to effectively pump.
caused by a failure in the body’s ability to transport calcium, which interferes with electrical and mechanical functions.
Cerebral Aneurysm
A weakness in a blood vessel in the brain that balloons and fills with blood.
caused by a weakness in the walls of blood vessels in the brain.
Thrombophlebitis
an acute condition in which the lining of the vein wall becomes inflamed and a thrombus forms. caused by heart lining damage, accelerated blood clotting, and reduced flow of blood.
Athletic Heart Syndrome
A series of cardiac arrest changes that results from strenuous exercise, caused by Stress, optimal cardiac performance.
Leukemia
a cancer that affects the blood-producing tissues in the body. no exact cause of leukemia but it seems to have developed from genetic combination and environmental factors.
a condition characterized by low platelet counts.
Thrombocytopenia
Iron Deficiency Anemia
This is an inadequate supply of iron to form normal blood cells. caused by an inadequate dietary intake of iron or inability of the body to absorb iron.
Endocarditis
Infection of the endocardial lying, heart valves, tissue adjoining artificial valves or the blood vessel linings. caused by Streptococcus, staphylococcus, or pneumococcus, or gornoccus, intravenous drug abuse
Pericarditis
An inflammation of the Pericardium (the fibrous sac that covers the heart). caused by caused bacterial, fungal, or viral infections, can also be caused by noninfectious etiologies.
Anemia
when the body lacks enough healthy red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood cells to supply sufficient oxygen to the body tissues.
Atrial fibrillation (A-fib)
an irregular and often very rapid heart rhythm, also called an arrhythmia, that can lead to blood clots in the heart.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
a disease in which the walls of the heart ventricles are thickened two-three times wider leaving the heart muscle bound in stiffness and cannotpump blood efficiently.
caused by abnormal changes in the genes of the heart muscle.
Heart Murmur
An abnormal sound of blood that flows through a heart valve and can be heard with a stethoscope. can be caused by Rheumatic fever, inflammatory disease (that follows streptococcal infection), Endocarditis
Myocarditis
A complication of a coronary artery disease that results from the occlusion of the artery (partial or complete), causes myocardial tissue destruction, Caused by Sedentary lifestyle, stressful occupation, obesity, cigarette smoking, hypertension, aging, positive family history, and elevated levels of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood.