Connective Tissue Disorders, Systemic Diseases and Echocardiographic Changes, Trauma to the Heart and Structures Affected

In this chapter, connective tissue disorders as well as systemic diseases that affect the heart are discussed. After reading this chapter one would become familiar with common contributory factors like obesity, diabetes, malnutrition, thyroid disease, renal disease, Liver Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD) and rare ones like Behcet’s Syndrome, Loeffler’s Endomyocarditis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Pectus Excavatum, Radiation Exposure etc. to the development of Heart Diseases.