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Inflammatory heart disease more commonly referred to as myocarditis is an inflammatory condition that affects the heart. The cause of this uncommon condition is typically due to a bacterial, fungal or viral infection within the heart muscle. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center, the symptoms associated with inflammatory heart disease can typically be [...]

Treatment of hypertensive heart disease includes reduction of blood pressure and controlling the heart disease. Patient may be treated with medications such as calcium channel blockers, beta blockers, diuretics, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, direct vasodilators and angiotensin two receptor antagonists. If hypertension is serious then intravenous medications may be prescribed. Blood pressure should be monitored [...]

In order to determine whether you have hypertensive heart disease or not tests performed are cardiac stress test, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, echocardiogram and coronary angiogram..Hypertensive heart disease may report headaches, chest pain, swollen feet, fatigue, and shortness of breath on exertion and/or at rest. The individual may report episodes of interrupted sleep due to breathing [...]

Essential hypertension usually first occurs when a person is in his thirties. In the early stages, one may pass through a transitional or prehypertensive phase lasting a few years in which blood pressure rises above normal only occasionally, and then more and more often until finally it remains at these elevated levels. Symptoms, if they [...]

High blood pressure increases the pressure in blood vessels. As the heart pumps against this pressure, it must work harder. Over time, this causes the heart muscle to thicken and the left ventricle to become enlarged. The amount of blood pumped by the heart each minute (cardiac output) goes down. Without treatment, symptoms of congestive [...]

Hypertensive heart disease refers to coronary artery disease, heart failure, and enlargement of the heart that occur because of high blood pressure. Hypertensive heart disease is heart disease caused by chronic high blood pressure, or hypertension. High blood pressure increases the workload put on your heart. Over time, your heart muscle thickens and your left [...]

Risk factors like a fatty diet, smoking, sedentary lifestyle and stress should be avoided, as they are the main areas of focus in prevention. Avoiding foods rich in saturated fats is vital to reduce lipid levels in the blood and to prevent arteriosclerosis. Adequate regular exercise is also essential. Diabetes Mellitus and hypertension should be [...]

Drug therapy with Nitrates, which dilate the diseased coronary arteries, administered sub-lingually are very effective in relieving the pain in a few minutes. Drugs such as Isosorbide Dinitrate and Isosorbide Mononitrate belong to the category of Nitrates. These drugs are also used as a prophylactic to prevent the pain from occurring. Beta-blockers like Propranolol are [...]

The diagnosis of ischaemic heart disease underlying particular symptoms depends largely on the nature of the symptoms. The first investigation is an electrocardiogram (ECG/EKG), both for “stable” angina and acute coronary syndrome. An X-ray of the chest and blood tests may be performed. Electrocardiography:Electrocardiography (ECG) may be normal in several patients at rest between attacks [...]

Ischaemic heart disease may be present with any of the following problems: 1.Heart failure (difficulty in breathing or swelling of the extremities due to weakness of the heart muscle). 2.Acute chest pain: acute coronary syndrome, unstable angina or myocardial infarction (“heart attack”, severe chest pain unrelieved by rest associated with evidence of acute heart damage). [...]