cardiaques

Cardiaques is a French adjective meaning related to the heart, derived from cardio- from Greek kardia. In medical terminology it describes structures, conditions, or processes involving the heart. The form is used in phrases such as maladies cardiaques or tissus cardiaques.

In clinical practice, the term appears in many contexts: pathologies cardiaques (heart diseases), cardiology as a specialty, and descriptions of cardiac tissues or functions, such as muscle cardiaque (myocardial tissue). Note that cardiaques indicates the heart but does not by itself specify a diagnosis.

Common examples of heart-related conditions include coronary artery disease, heart failure (insuffisance cardiaque), cardiomyopathies, valvulopathies, and arrhythmias (arythmies cardiaques). Risk factors include hypertension, smoking, high cholesterol, obesity, and age. Prevention emphasizes healthy lifestyle and management of risk factors.

In biomedical contexts, the term also appears in phrases like médicaments cardiaques (drug therapies for heart conditions) and imagerie cardiaque (cardiac imaging). The word underscores the focus of cardiology: diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of the heart and circulatory system.