1.2 heart abnormalities

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Congestive Heart Failure

Heart cannot pump blood due to a physical problem of structures

*big heart, it cant pump blood sufficiently

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Myocardial Infarction

Heart attack (plaque buildup) due to lack of blood flow

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Ventricular Septal Defect

Hole in the wall between the left and right ventricles

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Patent foramen ovale

Hole in the wall between the left and right atrium

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Subacute bacterial endocarditis

Bacteria on the lining of the heart

*Alpha-hemolytic streptococci from an oral or tonsil infection

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Angina

Chest pain from lack of blood flow to heart

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Atherosclerosis

Fat builds up and blocks the blood flow

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Aortic valve stenosis

Aortic valve narrows and blood can’t pass through

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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Heart muscle is thick and hard to pump