Heart Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...most common causes of heart disease are degenerative changes in the coronary blood vessels, infectious diseases, and congenital heart disease . Congenital defects result...be inherited. Infectious diseases acquired after birth, such...affected: hypertensive heart disease (see hypertension ) can...