CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cardiovascular disease mean? 

• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (noun)
  The noun CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE has 1 sense:

1. a disease of the heart or blood vessels

  Familiarity information: CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A disease of the heart or blood vessels

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("cardiovascular disease" is a kind of...):

disorder; upset (a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cardiovascular disease"):

cardiopathy; heart disease (a disease of the heart)

high blood pressure; hypertension (a common disorder in which blood pressure remains abnormally high (a reading of 140/90 mm Hg or greater))

hypotension (abnormally low blood pressure)

aneurism; aneurysm (a cardiovascular disease characterized by a saclike widening of an artery resulting from weakening of the artery wall)

circulatory failure (failure of the cardiovascular system to supply adequate amounts of blood to body tissues)

 Context examples 

Both ordinary hypertension and masked hypertension put patients at a higher risk for cardiovascular disease, according to Xavier Trudel, the lead author of the study.

(High Blood Pressure Liked to Long Hours on Job, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Other cardiovascular diseases include congestive heart failure, heart rhythm problems, congenital heart disease (heart disease at birth), and endocarditis (inflamed inner layer of the heart).

(Cardiovascular disease, NCI Dictionary)

TRAP is known to be a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including hypertension.

(Pregnancy hypertension risk increased by traffic-related air pollution, National Institutes of Health)

The gene also plays a role in the clinical evaluation of cardiovascular disease.

(CRP wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Participants experiencing better empathy also tended to have a lower risk of cardiovascular disease events, although this was not statistically significant.

(Patients with an ‘empathic’ GP at reduced risk of early death, University of Cambridge)

They have a low risk of cardiovascular disease or high blood pressure given their weight and salt intake.

(Can Chocolate Really Be Good for You?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

It is important to note that the new findings do not apply to people with a proven indication for aspirin such as stroke, heart attack or other cardiovascular disease.

(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)

Genetic variation is involved in both cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer's disease.

(APOE wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Oral health problems have been associated with an increased risk for a variety of systemic diseases including cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, preterm and low birth weight infants, and earlier death.

(Dental Epidemiology, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiovascular diseases are predicted to be the most common cause of death worldwide by 2020.

(Angiotensin-converting Enzyme 2 Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)