Classification 2025 Winter Edition
Worldwide source of medical classification resourcesWG
Cardiovascular System
Schedule Contents
- Classify general works on the cardiovascular system and its diseases in children in WS 290-295.
- Classify cardiovascular nursing and nursing of patients with specific cardiovascular diseases in WY 152.5.
- Classify works on blood supply of specific parts of other body systems with the system or part.
Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified)
(Cutter from name of organization or society)
(Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WG 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WG 23-24.
Collected works by several authors
Collected works by individual authors
Addresses. Essays. Lectures
General coverage (Not Table-G)
Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)
Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Atlases. Pictorial works
Classify atlases limited to a particular part of the system here also.Education
Classify here works about education.Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Research (General)
Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.Cardiology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review
Classify works on the specialty alone here. Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WG 100.
Allied health personnel. Allied health occupations
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.
Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)
Equipment and supplies
Classify works on artificial pacemakers here. Cf. WG 166.5.C2 for artificial cardiac pacing. Classify catalogs in W 26. Classify works on artificial and mechanical hearts in WG 169.5.
Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)
Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.General coverage (Not Table-G)
Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
General coverage
(Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology
Physiology. Biochemistry
Blood circulation (General)
Classify works on blood circulation of a system or part with system or part.Microcirculation (General)
Hemodynamics
Popular works
Classify here works on heart and vascular diseases in general or on coronary disease and heart failure in particular. Classify works on other specific disorders with the disorder.Cardiovascular diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)
Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WG 100.
Electrocardiography. Vectorcardiography. Monitoring (General)
Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods (General and heart specifically)
Specific diagnostic methods, A-Z
Angiography. Angioscopy
Heart auscultation
Ballistocardiography
Impedance cardiography
Cardiac catheterization
Echocardiography
Classify works on fetal echocardiography in WQ 209.
Heart function tests (General or not else classified)
Hemodynamic monitoring
Kinetocardiography
Kymography
Magnetic resonance imaging
Phonocardiography
Plethysmography
Radiography
Radionuclide imaging
Tomography
Pathology
Therapeutics
Includes works on the heart only. Classify works on drugs acting on the cardiovascular system in QV 150.
Specific therapeutic methods, A-Z
Angioplasty
Angioplasty, Laser
Balloon angioplasty. Balloon occlusion
Artificial cardiac pacing
Electric countershock
Ischemic preconditioning. Ischemic postconditioning
Cardiovascular surgical procedures
Classify works on surgery for a particular disorder with the disorder.Extracorporeal circulation
Heart surgery. Heart transplantation
Classify works on surgery of coronary vessels in general, heart valves, myocardium, etc., here. Classify works on surgery of the aorta in WG 410. Classify works on surgery of a particular disorder with the disorder. Classify works on cardiac anesthesia in WG 460.
Artificial heart. Heart-lung machine
Vascular surgical procedures
Classify works on surgery of arteries and veins in general here. Cf. WG 410 Aorta and numbers for other specific vessels.
Cardiac rehabilitation
General works
Classify popular works in WG 113; works on examination in WG 140-141.5; on general therapeutics in WG 166-166.5; on surgery in WG 169-169.5.
Anatomy. Histology. Embryology
Physiology
Cardiac emergency treatment
Heart diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)
Heart arrest
Congenital heart disease. Abnormalities of the heart and the cardiovascular system (General)
Heart neoplasms
Rheumatic heart disease
Valves
Mitral
Aortic
Tricuspid
Pulmonary
Pericardium
Myocardial ischemia
Endocardium
Angina pectoris
Coronary vessels
Coronary disease
Myocardial infarction
Neurocirculatory asthenia
Cardiac arrhythmias (General)
Specific arrhythmias, A-Z
Atrial fibrillation
Atrial flutter
Bradycardia
Heart block
Long QT syndrome
Pre-excitation syndromes
Sinus arrhythmia
Tachycardia
Ventricular fibrillation
Pulmonary hypertension
Renal hypertension
Hypotension
Heart failure
Aorta
Cf. WC 168 for aortic involvement in syphilis.
Pulmonary embolism and related disorders. Pulmonary heart disease
Special cardiac problems in anesthesia, dentistry, general surgery. Cardiac anesthesia
Classify here works on choice of anesthetic for patients with cardiac disease. Cf. WO 235 for general works on choice of anesthetic. Classify works on problems in pregnancy in WQ 244; in labor specifically in WQ 330.
Cardiotoxicity. Cardio-Oncology
Classify works on blood supply of specific parts of other body systems with that system or part. Classify works on coronary vessels in WG 299; on the aorta specifically in WG 410; on circulation in WG 103-104; on vascular resistance in WG 106; on vascular surgery in WG 170.
General works
Angiogenesis
Vascular diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)
Arteries (General or not elsewhere classified)
Inflammation
Polyarteritis nodosa
Thromboangiitis obliterans
[This number not used]
Arterial embolism. Arterial thrombosis
Arteriosclerosis and related disorders
Vasomotor disorders
Raynaud disease
Vasodilator disorders
Aneurysms
Classify works on aortic aneurysm in WG 410; on heart aneurysm in WG 300; on cerebral aneurysm in WL 354-355.
Arteriovenous anastomosis. Arteriovenous fistula
Axillary artery
Basilar artery
Brachial artery
Brachiocephalic trunk
Bronchial arteries
Carotid arteries
Celiac artery
Cerebral arteries
Femoral artery
Hepatic artery
Iliac artery
[This number not used]
Classify innominate artery in WG 595.B72.
Maxillary artery
Meningeal arteries
Mesenteric arteries
Ophthalmic artery
Popliteal artery
Pulmonary artery
Renal artery
Retinal artery
Splenic artery
Subclavian artery
Temporal arteries
Thoracic arteries
Umbilical arteries
Vertebral artery
Veins
Venous thrombosis and related disorders
Classify thrombosis of specific veins with the specific vein.Varicose veins
Axillary vein
Azygos vein
Brachiocephalic veins
Cerebral veins
Cranial sinuses
Femoral vein
Hepatic veins
Iliac vein
[This number not used]
Classify innominate vein in WG 625.B7.
Jugular veins
Popliteal vein
Pulmonary veins
Renal veins
Retinal vein
Saphenous vein
Subclavian vein
Venae cavae