Information on symptoms and conditions that can affect the heart
Heart disease includes a range of conditions that affect the heart, such as:
Coronary heart disease is a term used to describe what happens when the blood flow to the heart is interrupted or reduced. Angina and heart attacks often happen as a result of coronary heart disease.
Heart failure is a condition where your heart cannot pump blood around your body as well as it should.
A heart rhythm problem, also known as arrhythmia, usually means your heart is beating too fast, too slow or irregularly.
Inherited heart conditions, sometimes referred to as inherited cardiac conditions (ICC), are a group of heart conditions that are passed on through your parents’ genes.
Congenital heart disease is a condition or problem with the heart that is there from birth.
Heart disease is a major cause of ill health and death for women in Scotland.