1.*narrowed arteries that supply blood to the heart
muscle — coronary artery disease (CAD)
◦ 2.*past heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI),
with
◦ 3.*scar tissue that interferes with the heart muscle's
normal work
◦ 4,*high blood pressure
◦ 5.*heart valve disease
◦ 6.*primary disease of the heart muscle itself, called
cardiomyopathy.
◦ 7.*heart defects present at birth — congenital heart
defects.
◦ 8.*infection of the heart valves and/or heart muscle
itself — endocarditis and/or myocarditis