Angina is marked by spasms of intense pain in the chest area and a feeling of suffocation. The aorta is the trunk from which the arterial system branches out, carrying blood away from the heart to the entire body. An abnormal heartbeat rhythm. There are several different types of arrhythmias, such as bradycardia , fibrillation , flutter , and tachycardia . A disease in which the body's arteries become thicker and harder, losing their elasticity and flexibility.
Arteriosclerosis often leads to hypertension .
A blood vessel that carries blood away from the heart to the rest of the body. Also see aorta . A type of arteriosclerosis . Fatty substances called plaques build up on the inner walls of the arteries, making them hard and narrow. The atria take in blood from the veins and pump it down to the ventricles .