Please add profiles to the specific disease or cause of death if you can.== Heart disease is a word used to describe many different conditions affecting the heart or blood vessels. ==Types==1) There are many cardiovascular diseases involving the blood vessels. They are known as vascular diseases :* Coronary artery disease (also known as coronary heart disease and ischemic heart disease) also **...
Heart failure (HF) , often referred to as chronic heart failure (CHF), occurs when the heart is unable to pump sufficiently to maintain blood flow to meet the body's needs. The terms congestive heart failure (CHF) or congestive cardiac failure (CCF) are often used interchangeably with chronic heart failure. * Other names: ** Left-sided heart failure - Heart is unable to pump enough oxygen-rich ...
Project tags: Pulmonary Edema, cause of death, respiratory disorder, shortness of breath, respiratory distress, respiratory failure, congestive heart failure, hypoxia, lung congestion, pulmonary congestion, lung water, Pulmonary edema is a condition caused by excess fluid in the lungs, in the tissue and air spaces of the lungs, making it difficult to breathe. It leads to impaired gas exchange a...
This project is for people who died of dropsy/edema.== Dropsy: An old term for the swelling of soft tissues due to the accumulation of excess water. Dropsy or oedema, as it is known in the United Kingdom, is commonly seen with inflammation of an artery or major organ such as the kidneys, liver, and heart. The Medical Dictionary defines Dropsy (Edema) as: “an abnormal accumulation of serous flui...