Cardiovascular disease
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![Calcified heart of an older woman with cardiomegaly](/Images/godic/202501/23/Calcified_Heart5034.jpg")
![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)[49]](/Images/godic/202501/23/lossy-page1-220px-Cardiovascular_calcification_-_Sergio_Bertazzo.tif5035.jpg")
![Disability-adjusted life year for cardiovascular diseases per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004[118]
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Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a class of diseases that involve the heart or blood vessels. Cardiovascular disease includes coronary artery diseases (CAD) such as angina and myocardial infarction (commonly known as a heart attack). Other CVDs are stroke, hypertensive heart disease, rheumatic heart disease, cardiomyopathy, heart arrhythmia, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, carditis, aortic aneurysms, peripheral artery disease, and venous thrombosis.