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The most common cause of heart disease is narrowing or blockage of the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart itself. This happens slowly over time.</p> <p>Some heart diseases can be present at birth; these are known as congenital heart diseases.</p> <p>Other causes include the following:</p> <ul> <li>Hypertension</li> <li>Abnormal function of the heart valves</li> <li>Abnormal electrical rhythm of the heart</li> <li>Weakening of the heart's pumping function caused by infection or toxins</li> <li>Various forms of heart disease include:</li> <li>Alcoholic cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Aortic regurgitation</li> <li>Aortic stenosis</li> <li>Arrhythmias</li> <li>Cardiogenic shock</li> <li>Congenital heart disease</li> <li>Coronary artery disease (CAD)</li> <li>Dilated cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Endocarditis</li> <li>Heart attack (myocardial infarction)</li> <li>Heart failure</li> <li>Heart tumor</li> <li>Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Idiopathic cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Ischemic cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Acute mitral regurgitation</li> <li>Chronic mitral regurgitation</li> <li>Mitral stenosis</li> <li>Mitral valve prolapse</li> <li>Peripartum cardiomyopathy</li> <li>Pulmonary stenosis</li> <li>Stable angina</li> <li>Unstable angina</li> <li>Tricuspid regurgitation</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td valign="top" height="688"> <div align="left"> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="180"> <tr> <td width="33"><img src="design/images/box_top_left.jpg" width="33" height="44"></td> <td colspan="2" valign="top" background="design/images/box_top_bg.jpg" width="147"> <div align="right"><img src="design/images/box_top_fact-of-the-day.jpg" width="122" height="44"></div> </td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="font2"> <tr> <td width="11" background="design/images/box_side.jpg" height="47"> </td> <td width="160" valign="top" height="47"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <td width="978"><p> <strong> <strong>Heart disease and stroke are the first and fifth leading causes of death among American Indians and Alaska Natives</strong> </strong>Risk factors often occur together and as the number of risk factors increases, so does the likelihood of heart disease and stroke.Results from a national telephone survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that 63.7% of American Indian/Alaska Native men and 61.4% of AI/AN women reported having one or more of the following risk factors for heart disease and stroke: high blood pressure, current cigarette smoking, high cholesterol, obesity, and diabetes. 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