What does organic heart disease mean?

Organic heart disease refers to abnormal changes or pathological changes in the structure of heart tissue, usually caused by heart disease.

Organic heart disease can be caused by a variety of reasons, including atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart valve disease, etc. These diseases will lead to pathological changes in heart tissue, such as myocardial cell damage and fibrosis, heart valve degeneration and stenosis, coronary artery stenosis or occlusion, etc. Organic heart disease may affect the systolic and diastolic function of the heart, resulting in weakened heart pumping function, which may lead to a series of symptoms, such as chest tightness, palpitations, dyspnea, edema, etc., and even serious consequences such as heart failure, arrhythmia and angina pectoris.