Abstract
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is very broadly defined by the ICD-10 as any disorder involving the circulatory system (World Health Organization, 2007). The most prominently investigated forms of CVD in the context of psychological co-morbidities include myocardial infarction (MI), coronary heart disease (CHD; also referred to as heart disease, coronary artery disease, or cardiac disease), and stroke. In this chapter, CVD will refer to diseases that are classified in the ICD-10 as ischemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, and heart failure, which is listed under 'other forms of heart disease.' These CVDs are chosen for review in this chapter because they have been extensively investigated and discussed in the context of co-morbid psychological illness. These diseases are also chronic in nature, developing over the life span, which has greater implications for psychological co-morbidities than congenital structural abnormalities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)
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Whited, M. C., Wheat, A. L., Appelhans, B. M., & Pagoto, S. (2011). Psychological Co-morbidities of Cardiovascular Disease. In Psychological Co-morbidities of Physical Illness (pp. 123–162). Springer New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0029-6_3
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