The causes of heart valve problems include infections such as rheumatic fever, congenital heart disease, high blood pressure, CAD, and damage from a heart attack. Diseases of the heart valves ...

Medically reviewed by Christopher Lee, MD Congestive heart failure (CHF), often called heart failure, occurs when the heart ...

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: A rare form of cardiomyopathy that happens near the end of a pregnancy or within a year of giving ...

Cigarette smoking from childhood into early adulthood is associated with an increased risk of premature cardiac injury, ...