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Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a type of disease that involves the cardiovascular system, or organs relating to the heart and its veins/arteries.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oqt9TgWcrxI

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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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CVD is not contagious.

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Over 600,000 people die of heart and cardiovascular diseases in the US per year.
The most common heart diseases are coronary heart disease which leads to heart attacks.

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To treat CVD, dpecific drugs can help prevent blood clots and relax blood vessels. Certain machinery such as digitalis helps the blood pump when it is weak.

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The main symptoms of CVD is shortness of breath, fatigue, and pain or numbness n arms or legs or neck. These symptoms arise from lack of oxygen. When ones heart beats irregularly, fainting and dizzines can result, and skin color may fade.

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CVD develops when fats and plaque builds up in the arteries, allowing less oxygen and blood to travel through the blood vessel. This damages the heart becomes overfilled with blood since it is unable to effectively export the blood. Other times heart defects can be congenital, meaning you are born with them.

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Cardiovascular disease can be prevented by maintaining a healthy diet, avoiding smoking as it raises blood pressure, and regularly exercising can help keep a heart healthy.

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All race groups seem to have an equal chance of developing heart disease, but as obesity rises and diabetes risk rise, more and more people are developing CVD. In younger years, men are more likely to develop CVD, but after the age 65, the change of CVD is equal for women as it is for men.