List of cardiovascular diseases most commonly seen in men

Yes, people say that the cardiovascular diseases in men and women differ. Yes, they do differ but not on a larger scale. When we think of cardiovascular diseases in men we end up assuming that it has to be only coronary artery diseases, but that is just half the truth. Cardiovascular diseases includes heart failure, heart valve diseases, abnormal heart rhythm, heart muscle diseases and many more.

Yes, people say that the cardiovascular diseases in men and women differ. Yes, they do differ but not on a larger scale. When we think of cardiovascular diseases in men we end up assuming that it has to be only coronary artery diseases, but that is just half the truth. Cardiovascular diseases includes heart failure, heart valve diseases, abnormal heart rhythm, heart muscle diseases and many more.

A normal humans heart beats about 60-100 times every single minute. The rhythm of the heart is very steady until it experiences shock. And this is when the rhythm of the heart is broken. Such an irregular heart beating is called as arrhythmia in medical terms. There could be sudden change in rate of heartbeat. And about heart failure we all know, or that’s what I’m assuming. But still, for brush up knowledge heart failure doesn’t mean that the heart is failed or has stopped working. It simply means that the heart is not pumping up well enough. This is the leading causes of deaths. Every year about 500,000 people get diagnosed with heart failure.

A congenital heart diseases is which is seen during birth. So here you will find a defect in one or more structures of heart. And it is about 8 out of every 1000 children who suffer from this cardiovascular diseases. The real reason for this is yet unknown but it could be hereditary or genetic in nature. And cardiomyopathies is where you will be having an enlarged heart. The heart is abnormally enlarged. So because of this the pumping of blood to the heart is reduced or more weaken. And this further lead to heart failure.