As their name indicates they are in fact pathologies which touch the cardiac system or the arterial system. They are serious illnesses and often mortals.
Among them, we will mention
- myocardial infarction: a blockage is formed in the coronary arteries which irrigate the heart normally. Blood which cannot any more circulate, the court lacks oxygen and it can stop. It is the mortal infarction by heart failure. Sometimes it is only one part of the heart which is touched, the treatment is a medical urgency.
- The cerebral vascular accident: the blockage is formed in an artery of the brain which is not irrigated any more normally. The consequences are serious, sometimes irreversible: paralysis of the members, incapacity to speak...
- Arthritis of the lower limbs which can lead to gangrene and the amputation of the concerned part.

The age: 45 years old or more for the men
55 years old or more among women
family antecedents of cardiovascular diseases:
Myocardial infarction or sudden death before 55 years old of the father or a relative of the first degree of male sex or before the 65 years old of the mother or of a relative of the first degree of female sex.
Smoking
Arterial hypertension
Hypercholesterolemia
and in particular a high rate of LDL cholesterol or bad cholesterol Diabetes