The general class of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels, including coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertensive heart disease and heart failure, together the leading cause of death worldwide according to the World Health Organization. Ancient physicians described symptoms now attributed to cardiovascular disease, including chest pain and sudden death, without understanding the underlying circulatory mechanism. The English physician William Harvey's 1628 De Motu Cordis first correctly described the heart as a pump driving a closed, continuous circulation of blood through the body, the foundation of modern understanding of the cardiovascular system and, in time, of the diseases that affect it.
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Condition Classchronic, non-communicable 4 First DescribedMarks Harvey's discovery of blood circulation itself, the mechanism underlying the cardiovascular system, rather than the first clinical description of a specific cardiovascular disease, which predates precise understanding of that mechanism. First Described (Era)Symptoms consistent with cardiovascular disease, including angina-like chest pain, are described in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus, circa 1550 BCE. 5 PrevalenceCardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year, according to World Health Organization data. 6 Classification
ICD-10 ChapterXVIII: Symptoms, Signs and Abnormal Clinical and Laboratory Findings, Not Elsewhere Classified 2 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category)Idiopathic / Multifactorial 3 Cardiovascular Disease
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Which diseases does cardiovascular disease include?
Coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertensive heart disease and heart failure.
It is the general class of diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels, including coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertensive heart disease and heart failure.
Whose work underlies modern understanding of the cardiovascular system?
William Harvey's 1628 De Motu Cordis.
William Harvey's 1628 De Motu Cordis first correctly described the heart as a pump driving a closed, continuous circulation of blood, the foundation of modern understanding of the cardiovascular system.
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Source A History of MedicineLois N. Magner
Cardiac MRI images heart muscle and blood flow without the ionizing radiation of a CT angiogram, and is used to assess damage after a heart attack and to diagnose structural heart disease.
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Bloodletting, Treatments Why this is corrected. Under humoral theory, bloodletting was used against apoplexy (stroke) and against plethora, a supposed excess of blood believed to cause hypertension-like symptoms. The practice offered no benefit against the underlying vascular disease and could worsen outcomes through blood loss and hypotension.
Source The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of HumanityRoy Porter
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Source British Heart Foundation: Leading cardiovascular research in the UK since 1961Page textQuote, Page text
Our primary purpose, which is still the case today, was to raise money to fund "medical and scientific research relating to diseases of the heart and circulation" and improve their treatment.
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The Well-Integrated Screening and Evaluation for WOMen Across the Nation (WISEWOMAN) program extends preventive health services to achieve optimal cardiovascular health for women aged 35-64 who participate in the CDC-funded National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP).
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Source National Health Mission: NPCDCS Programme OverviewPage texttier 1Quote, Page text
the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS) was launched in 2010 with focus on strengthening infrastructure, human resource development, health promotion, early diagnosis, management and referral.
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Source Million Hearts 2027: AboutPage textQuote, Page text
Million Hearts ® exists for the sole purpose of saving more of the lives taken and protecting more of the lives impacted by heart disease and stroke in the United States.
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Source Wikipedia: NHS Health CheckHistory section, Gordon Brown announcementtier 3Quote, History section, Gordon Brown announcement
In January 2008, UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced that preventive healthcare was planned to be offered throughout England to "monitor for heart disease, strokes, diabetes and kidney disease-conditions which affect the lives of 6.2 million people, cause 200,000 deaths each year and account for a fifth of all hospital admissions."
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Source North Karelia Project (Wikipedia)Opening paragraphQuote, Opening paragraph
The North Karelia Project was worldwide the first public health project for the prevention of cardiovascular disease mortality.
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Source World Heart Federation (Wikipedia)LeadQuote, Lead
recognized by the World Health Organization as its leading NGO partner in cardiovascular disease prevention.
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1. Wikipedia
Wikipedia contributors, Wikimedia Foundation- Body System: Cardiovascular System
2. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter XVIIIQuote, List of chapters, Chapter XVIII
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified
3. Wikipedia: Cardiovascular disease
Wikipedia- intro para 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiovascular_disease, lead section
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels. CVDs include coronary artery diseases (e.g. angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, valvular heart disease (e.g. rheumatic heart disease), cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis.
Lead section, disease-category statement
angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis.
Lead section, transmission-route statement
angina, heart attack), heart failure, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, thromboembolic disease, and venous thrombosis.
View the Source 4. Encyclopaedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.- Condition Class: chronic, non-communicable
View the Source 5. The Greatest Benefit to Mankind: A Medical History of Humanity
Roy Porter, W. W. Norton and Company, 1997- First Described: 1628
- First Described (Era): Symptoms consistent with cardiovascular disease, including angina-like chest pain, are described in the Egyptian Ebers Papyrus, circa 1550 BCE.
6. World Health Organization Fact Sheets
- Prevalence: Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year, according to World Health Organization data.
A History of Medicine
Lois N. Magner, CRC PressAssociated With: Discovery of the Circulation of the Blood
Wikipedia: Statin
Aspirin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTreated By: Aspirin, Lead sectionQuote, Treated By: Aspirin, Lead section
used to reduce pain, fever, and inflammation, and as an antithrombotic
Atorvastatin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTreated By: Atorvastatin, Lead sectionQuote, Treated By: Atorvastatin, Lead section
used to prevent cardiovascular disease in those at high risk
Digoxin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTreated By: Digoxin, Lead sectionQuote, Treated By: Digoxin, Lead section
used to treat various heart conditions
Furosemide (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationTreated By: Furosemide, Lead sectionQuote, Treated By: Furosemide, Lead section
used to treat edema due to heart failure
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