Cardiovascular Diseases
When heart or kidneys do not function normally, this can lead to cardiovascular or kidney disease. Cardiovascular disease is a group of disorders of the heart and blood vessels, and is the leading cause of death globally. Many of these diseases and their often life-threatening consequences could be avoided by effective preventive measures.
Diagnosis
The first step to better care is diagnosis. Cardiac imaging is an important tool for ensuring prompt, accurate diagnosis and subsequent treatment.
Heart Failure
Heart failure is a complex clinical syndrome, characterized by a progressive decline in the heart’s ability to fill with and pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs for blood and oxygen.
High Blood Pressure
When the heart beats, it pumps blood into the arteries, building up pressure – systolic blood pressure – on the walls of the blood vessels. This pressure is important and necessary – otherwise the blood would not be transported through the body.
Thrombosis
Thrombosis is the formation of a blood clot inside a blood vessel, blocking a vein (venous thrombosis) or artery (arterial thrombosis). In the EU, more people die from blood clots than from AIDS, breast cancer, prostate cancer and traffic accidents combined.
Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy
Transthyretin Amyloid Cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a rarely diagnosed fatal heart disease affecting an estimated 400,000 people globally, although the true prevalence is unknown and may be higher.