Acute, life-threatening cardiac diseases:
- Coronary Artery Disease (Myocardial Infarction; angina);
- Sudden Cardiac Death; Arrhythmia; …
- the arteries that supply blood to the heart become narrowed or blocked
Chronic, unpredictable onset cardiac diseases:
- Cardiomyopathy (a disease of the heart muscle that makes it harder to pump blood to the rest of the body);
- Atherosclerosis; Pericardial Disease; …