Disease
This term may be used by the doctors to describe either a congenital defect or an acquired condition, and their effects.
Disorder
Dissecting Aneurysm
A condition in which the layers of an artery separate or are torn, causing blood to flow between the layers. Dissecting aneurysms usually happen in the aorta, the large vessel that carries blood from the heart to other parts of the body and can cause sudden death
Diastolic Dysfunction
Impairment of heart function due to increased stiffness of the left ventricle, which results in reduced capacity of the heart ot fill with blood duing diastole. The clinical effects of this are described as heart failure with normal ejection fraction (HEF-NEF)