Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a kind of disease that involves the heart or blood vessels.[1] Cardiovascular disease includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack).[1] Other CVDs are stroke, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, atrial fibrillation, congenital heart disease, endocarditis, aortic aneurysms, and peripheral artery disease.[1]
| Cardiovascular disease | |
|---|---|
| Classification and external resources | |
 | |
| ICD-10 | I51.6 |
| ICD-9 | 429.2 |
| DiseasesDB | 28808 |
| MeSH | D002318 |
Cardiovascular Disease Media
Calcified heart of an older woman with cardiomegaly
Density-Dependent Colour Scanning Electron Micrograph SEM (DDC-SEM) of cardiovascular calcification, showing in orange calcium phosphate spherical particles (denser material) and, in green, the extracellular matrix (less dense material)
Disability-adjusted life year for cardiovascular diseases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004* no data* 7900*
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Shanthi Mendis; Pekka Puska; Bo Norrving; World Health Organization (2011). Global Atlas on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control (PDF). World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the World Stroke Organization. pp. 3–18. ISBN 978-92-4-156437-3.
