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Vascular disease
Classification and external resources
ICD-10	G 45.-G 46., I 60.-I 95.
ICD-9	325, 430-459
eMedicine	/
MeSH	[1]

Vascular disease is a form of cardiovascular disease primarily affecting the blood vessels.

Some conditions, such as myocardial ischemia, can be considered both vascular diseases and heart diseases.

Cigarette smoking is the top risk factor.^[1]

References

^ "What is Vascular Disease?". http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/vascular/whatis.cfm.

Pathology: Medical conditions (Diseases/Disorders/Illness, Syndromes/Sequences, Symptoms/Signs, Injuries, etc.)

(A/B, 001-139)

Infectious disease/Infection: Bacterial disease (G+, G-) · Virus disease · Parasitic disease (Protozoan infection, Helminthiasis, Ectoparasitic infestation) · Mycosis · Zoonosis

(C/D,
140-239 & 280-289)

Cancer (C00-D48, 140-239)	Tumor

Myeloid hematologic (D50-D77, 280-289)	Anemia · Coagulopathy

Lymphoid immune (D80-D89, 279)	Immunodeficiency · Immunoproliferative disorder · Hypersensitivity

(E, 240-278)

Endocrine disease · Nutrition disorder · Inborn error of metabolism

(F, 290-319)

Mental disorder

(G, 320-359)

Nervous system disease (CNS, PNS) · Neuromuscular disease

(H, 360-389)

Eye disease · Ear disease

(I, 390-459)

Cardiovascular disease (Heart disease, Vascular disease)

(J, 460-519)

Respiratory disease (Obstructive lung disease, Restrictive lung disease, Pneumonia)

(K, 520-579)

Stomatognathic disease (Tooth disease) · Digestive disease (Esophageal, Stomach, Enteropathy, Liver, Pancreatic)

(L, 680-709)

Skin disease · skin appendages (Nail disease, Hair disease, Sweat gland disease)

(M, 710-739)

Musculoskeletal disorders · Osteochondropathy (Osteopathy, Chondropathy)

(N, 580-629)

Urologic disease (Nephropathy, Urinary bladder disease) · Male genital disease · Breast disease · Female genital disease

(O, 630-679)

Complications of pregnancy · Obstetric labor complication · Puerperal disorder

(P, 760-779)

Fetal disease

(Q, 740-759)

Congenital disorder

(R, 780-799)

Syndromes · Medical signs (Eponymous)

(S/T, 800-999)

Bone fracture · Joint dislocation · Sprain · Strain · subluxation · Head injury · Chest trauma · Poisoning

Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G00–G47, 320–349)

Brain/
encephalopathy

Inflammatory

Encephalitis (Viral encephalitis, Herpesviral encephalitis) · Cavernous sinus thrombosis · Brain abscess (Amoebic)

Degenerative

Demyelinating

autoimmune (Multiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, Schilder's disease) · hereditary (Adrenoleukodystrophy, Alexander, Canavan, Krabbe, ML, Pelizaeus-Merzbacher, VWM, MFC, CAMFAK syndrome) · Central pontine myelinolysis · Marchiafava-Bignami disease · Alpers'

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal · Generalised · Status epilepticus · Myoclonic epilepsy

Headache	Migraine (Familial hemiplegic) · Cluster · Vascular · Tension

Vascular	Transient ischemic attack (Amaurosis fugax, Transient global amnesia) Cerebrovascular disease · Stroke (MCA, ACA, PCA, Foville's, Millard-Gubler, Lateral medullary, Weber's, Lacunar stroke)

Sleep disorders	Insomnia · Hypersomnia · Sleep apnea (Obstructive, Ondine's curse) · Narcolepsy · Cataplexy · Kleine-Levin · Circadian rhythm sleep · Delayed sleep phase · Advanced sleep phase

CSF

Intracranial hypertension (Hydrocephalus/Normal pressure, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension) · Cerebral edema · Intracranial hypotension

Other

Brain herniation · Reye's · Hepatic encephalopathy · Toxic encephalopathy

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Inflammatory	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis · Demyelinating disease (Transverse myelitis) · Tropical spastic paraparesis

Other	Syringomyelia · Syringobulbia · Morvan's syndrome · Vascular myelopathy (Foix-Alajouanine syndrome) · Spinal cord compression

Both/either

Inflammatory

Encephalomyelitis (Acute disseminated)

Meningitis/Arachnoiditis: Bacterial (Tuberculous, Haemophilus, Pneumococcal) · Viral (Herpesviral) · Fungal (Cryptococcal) · Aseptic (Drug-induced)

Meningoencephalitis

Systemic atrophies

SA	Friedreich's ataxia · Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: PLS · PP · HSP LMN only: PMA · PBP (Fazio-Londe, Infantile progressive bulbar palsy) · SMA (SMN-linked, Kennedy disease, SMAX2, DSMA1) both: ALS

see also congenital, tumors

Cardiovascular disease: vascular disease · Circulatory system pathology (I70-I99, 440-459)

Arteries, arterioles
and capillaries

Inflammation

Arteritis (Aortitis) · Buerger's disease

Arterial occlusive disease/
peripheral vascular disease

Arteriosclerosis	Atherosclerosis (Foam cells, Fatty streak, Atheroma, Intermittent claudication) · Monckeberg's arteriosclerosis · Arteriolosclerosis (Hyaline, Hyperplastic)

Stenosis	Renal artery stenosis · Carotid artery stenosis

Other	Fibromuscular dysplasia · Degos disease · Aortoiliac occlusive disease · Raynaud's phenomenon/Raynaud's disease · Erythromelalgia

Aneurysm/dissection/
pseudoaneurysm

torso: Aortic aneurysm (Thoracic aortic aneurysm, Abdominal aortic aneurysm) · Aortic dissection · Coronary artery aneurysm
head/neck: Cerebral aneurysm · Intracranial berry aneurysm · Carotid artery dissection · Vertebral artery dissection · Familial aortic dissection

Vascular malformation

Arteriovenous fistula · Telangiectasia (Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia)

Vascular nevus

Spider angioma · Halo nevus · Cherry angioma

Veins

Inflammation	Phlebitis

Venous thrombosis/ Thrombophlebitis	primarily lower limb (Deep vein thrombosis) abdomen (May-Thurner syndrome, Portal vein thrombosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, Renal vein thrombosis) upper limb/torso (Paget-Schroetter disease, Mondor's disease) head (Cerebral venous sinus thrombosis) Post-thrombotic syndrome

Varicose veins	Varicocele · Gastric varices · Portacaval anastomosis (Hemorrhoid, Esophageal varices, Caput medusae)

Other	Superior vena cava syndrome · Inferior vena cava syndrome · Venous ulcer

Arteries or veins

Vasculitis · Thrombosis · Embolism (Pulmonary embolism, Cholesterol embolism, Paradoxical embolism) · Angiopathy (Macroangiopathy, Microangiopathy)

Blood pressure

Hypertension	Hypertensive heart disease · Hypertensive nephropathy · Essential hypertension · Secondary hypertension (Renovascular hypertension) · Pulmonary hypertension · Malignant hypertension · Benign hypertension · Systolic hypertension · White coat hypertension

Hypotension	Orthostatic hypotension

See also congenital, neoplasia

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