cardiovascular disease
class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels
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Summary
cardiovascular disease is an academic discipline[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of academic discipline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,934 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: class of disease[3]
- Subclass of: disease of anatomical entity[4]
- Commons category: Diseases and disorders of the heart[5]
- Has part(s): vascular disease[6], heart disease[7]
- Symptoms and signs: chest pain[8], dyspnea[9], fatigue[10], unconsciousness[11]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cardiovascular diseases[12], Q32421442[13]
- Anatomical location: cardiovascular system[14]
- ICD-9-CM: 429.2[15]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2931[16]
- Health specialty: cardiology[17]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: cholecalciferol[18]
- Genetic association: IL1RAPL1[19], HFE[20], TOMM40[21], CELSR2[22], IRX4[23], SLC17A4[24], LDLR[25], APOB[26], OASL[27], MEPE[28], BCHE[29], GCKR[30]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_1287[31], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:1287[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Medicine[33], Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[34]
- Risk factor: smoking[35]
Why It Matters
cardiovascular disease has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 90 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]