What autoimmune disease affects the heart?

What autoimmune disease affects the heart?

Autoimmune myocarditis is an autoimmune disease that affects the heart. The condition is characterized by inflammation of the heart muscle (myocardium).

How do you cope with CHD?

There are several ways you can reduce your risk of developing coronary heart disease (CHD), such as lowering your blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

1. Eat a healthy, balanced diet.
2. Be more physically active.
3. Keep to a healthy weight.
4. Give up smoking.
5. Reduce your alcohol consumption.
6. Keep your blood pressure under control.

Can immune response cause myocarditis?

The pathogenesis of viral myocarditis includes both the direct damage mediated by viral infection and the indirect lesion resulted from host immune responses. Myocarditis can progress into dilated cardiomyopathy that is also associated with immunopathogenesis.

What disease attacks the heart?

A heart attack occurs when one or more of your coronary arteries becomes blocked. Over time, a buildup of fatty deposits, including cholesterol, form substances called plaques, which can narrow the arteries (atherosclerosis). This condition, called coronary artery disease, causes most heart attacks.

What is cardiac sarcoidosis?

Cardiac sarcoidosis is a rare inflammatory condition where groups of immune cells form granulomas in different areas of the heart which can cause issues from arrhythmia to heart failure. Our multidisciplinary team specializes in early, accurate diagnosis and providing treatment tailored to each patient’s lifestyle.

Can people with CHD have kids?

For most adult congenital heart disease patients, successful pregnancy is possible. More than 1 million adults in the United States are living with a congenital heart defect or congenital heart disease – a heart condition that is present at birth.

What blood tests show myocarditis?

There are no specific blood tests to confirm the diagnosis of myocarditis; however, an otherwise unexplained elevation in troponin (a blood test that indicates heart muscle damage) and/or electrocardiographic features of cardiac injury are supportive.

What autoimmune causes myocarditis?

The disease most strongly associated with development of myocarditis is systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), but it might also occur in association with Sjögren’s syndrome (SS), vasculitis, and polymyositis [8, 37, 38].

What are the 4 types of heart disease?

Coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, heart valve disease and heart failure are the four most common types of heart disease.

What are 3 causes of heart disease?

About half of all Americans (47%) have at least 1 of 3 key risk factors for heart disease: high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and smoking. Some risk factors for heart disease cannot be controlled, such as your age or family history. But you can take steps to lower your risk by changing the factors you can control.

How long can you live with cardiac sarcoidosis?

Early necropsy series of 113 patients concluded that survival in most patients with symptomatic cardiac sarcoidosis was limited to about two years. Substantially better outcomes were noted in later studies where five year survival was 40–60%.