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  1. How the Heart Works - What the Heart Looks Like | NHLBI, NIH

    Mar 24, 2022 · Your heart is in the center of your chest, near your lungs. It has four hollow chambers surrounded by muscle and other heart tissue. The chambers are separated by heart valves, which …

  2. Heart disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Aug 13, 2024 · Symptoms Heart disease symptoms depend on the type of heart disease. Symptoms of heart disease in the blood vessels Coronary artery disease is a common heart condition that affects …

  3. Heart and Vascular Diseases - NHLBI, NIH

    Heart and vascular, or cardiovascular, diseases include conditions such as arrhythmias, coronary heart disease, heart attack, high blood pressure, congenital heart defects, vascular dementia, and stroke. …

  4. How Blood Flows through the Heart - NHLBI, NIH

    Jun 25, 2025 · Oxygen-poor blood from the body enters your heart through two large veins called the superior and inferior vena cava. The blood enters the heart's right atrium and is pumped to your right …

  5. Atrial fibrillation - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Oct 3, 2025 · Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is a heart rhythm disorder. In a typical heart, a group of cells called the sinus node sends electrical signals that start each heartbeat. The signals go across the upper …

  6. Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors - NHLBI, NIH

    Dec 27, 2024 · Your risk of coronary heart disease increases based on the number of risk factors you have and how serious they are. Some risk factors — such as high blood pressure and unhealthy …

  7. Cardiovascular Medicine in Phoenix - Mayo Clinic

    Jan 17, 2024 · The cardiology and cardiovascular medicine team at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, Arizona, specializes in treatment of complex heart and vascular conditions.

  8. Cardiomyopathy - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Feb 21, 2024 · Overview Cardiomyopathy (kahr-dee-o-my-OP-uh-thee) is a disease of the heart muscle. It causes the heart to have a harder time pumping blood to the rest of the body, which can lead to …

  9. Heart disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Aug 13, 2024 · Learn about symptoms, causes and treatment of cardiovascular disease, a term describing a wide range of conditions that can affect the heart.

  10. What Is Coronary Heart Disease? - NHLBI, NIH

    Dec 27, 2024 · Coronary heart disease is a type of heart disease that occurs when the arteries of the heart cannot deliver enough oxygen -rich blood to the heart muscle due to narrowing from the …