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. Global Atlas on Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Control (2011)World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the World Stroke Organization. p. 3–18. ISBN 978-92-4-156437-3. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
