8^th World Congress On Cardiology and Heart Failure

Vascular Heart Disease

Vascular cardiovascular disease is characterised by injury to or a defect in one among the four heart valves: the mitral, aortic, angular  or pneumonic. In vascular cardiovascular disease, the valves become too slim and hardened (stenosis) to open absolutely or are unable to shut utterly (incompetent). Valve sickness symptoms will occur suddenly, depending upon how quickly the disease develops. Many of the symptoms are the same as those related to symptom heart disease, such as shortness of breath and wheezing after limited physical exertion and swelling of the feet, ankles, hands or abdomen (edema). The severity of vascular heart disease varies. In delicate cases there is also no symptoms, while in advanced cases, vascular heart disease may lead to congestive heart failure and other complications. Treatment depends upon the extent of the disease.