Definition of "cardiovascular disease" [cardiovascular disease]

• A disease involving the heart or blood vessels, i.e. arteries and veins, such as coronary heart disease. (noun)

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• "Usually cardiovascular disease refers to atherosclerosis, a disease of the arteries."
• "Many of the 805 opinion leaders in the North Karelia Heart Disease Prevention Project had had a heart attack or had lost a father, brother, or husband to cardiovascular disease Puska et al., 1986."