Cardiovascular disease
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular diseases
SubtypesDiagnoses usedFurther optional details
Cerebrovascular disease*Ischaemic strokeN/A
Haemorrhagic stroke
Stroke, unspecified
Transient ischaemic attack
Carotid artery disease*N/AN/A
Coronary heart disease*Myocardial infarctionN/A
Stable coronary artery diseaseAlso known as angina pectoris
Other ischaemic heart diseaseN/A
Past revascularisation procedureN/A
Peripheral artery disease*Asymptomatic peripheral artery diseaseLow ankle-branchial index (<0.90) or pulse abolition
ClaudicationN/A
Limb ischaemiaN/A
Non-traumatic amputationN/A
Heart failureSymptomaticNYHA group II-IV or unknown, LVEF ≥50%, LVEF 40-49%, LVEF <40% or LVEF unknown
AsymptomaticNYHA group I, LVEF ≥50%, LVEF 40-49%, LVEF <40%, or LVEF unknown
Hospitalisation due to heart failureN/A
Cardiac arrhythmiaAtrial fibrillation, atrial flutterN/A
Supraventricular tachycardia
Ventricular tachycardia
Ventricular fibrillation
Bradyarrhythmia, sinus node dysfunction
Bradyarrhythmia, atrioventricular block
Aortic diseaseAortic dissectionN/A
Aortic aneurysm
Thromboembolic aortic disease

From original Table S1 from Mosenzon et al. Cardiovasc Diabetol 2021; doi: 10.1186/s12933-021-01344-0, under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0; Copyright © 2021, The Author(s).”

  • * Cardiovascular disease was categorized as atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, when a patient had one of these four diagnoses. LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction, N/A: non-applicable, NYHA: New York Heart Association functional classification.