Table 1.
Summarises the accuracy, the DISCERN scores (median and IQR), number of images, illustrations, tables and readability score of Wikipedia cardiovascular articles
| Topics | Number of pages | Accuracy DISCERN Score Median (IQR)* |
Number of images | Number of illustrations | Number of graphs | Number of tables | Total | Readability Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level (Mean±SD) |
Further reading/external links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acute pericarditis | 5 | 28 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.6±0.8 | 0 external links |
| Acute pulmonary oedema | 6 | 38 (0) | 1 CT 2 X-ray |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15.5±1.4 | 1 external link |
| Angina pectoris | 12 | 29 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.6±1.3 | 6 external links |
| Aortic aneurysm | 7 | 33 (2) | 1 MRI 2 CT reconstruction |
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11.9±0.6 | 2 external links |
| Aortic dissection | 13 | 41 (3) | 1 Chest X-ray 1 CT 1 Histopathological slide 2 Echocardiogram 2 MRI |
5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 12.2±2.0 | 1 external link |
| Aortic regurgitation | 8 | 31 (1) | 1 Histopathological slide | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 16.3±1.6 | 0 external links |
| Aortic stenosis | 10 | 33 (3) | 1 Electron micrograph 1 Photograph |
1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16.4±6.1 | 3 external links |
| Arterial hypertension | 19 | 38 (1) | 1 Photograph | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 14.1±0.8 | 1 external link |
| Atherosclerosis | 24 | 37 (1) | 1 Doppler US 1 Photograph 2 Micrograph |
2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16.3±2.0 | 3 external links |
| Atrial fibrillation | 17 | 39 (2) | 1 Photograph | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 14.6±2.3 | 1 external link |
| Atrial flutter | 5 | 33 (1) | 1 Photograph | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.5±1.9 | 0 external links |
| Atrial septal defect | 13 | 33 (1) | 1 Ultrasound | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.7±1.1 | 4 external links |
| Bradyarrhythmias | 5 | 30 (3) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10.6±1.1 | 0 external links |
| Cardiac tamponade | 5 | 33 (3) | 1 Ultrasound | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14.0±1.5 | 0 external links |
| Cardiomyopathies | 5 | 32 (2) | 1 Histopathological slide 1 Photograph |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.4±1.5 | 3 external links |
| Chest pain | 5 | 32 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.6±8.3 | 0 external links |
| Coarctation of the aorta | 8 | 31 (4) | 2 CT reconstruction | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12.5±0.8 | 13 external links: (7 websites and 6 research papers) |
| Complete transposition of the great arteries | 10 | 32 (0) | 4 Photographs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.7±0.7 | 9 external links |
| Cyanosis | 4 | 37 (2) | 3 Photograph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.3±1.9 | 1 external link |
| Deep vein thrombosis | 21 | 45 (1) | 1 CT scan 1 Ultrasound 1 Venogram 7 Photographs |
3 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12.2±1.4 | 4 external links |
| Dyspnoea | 8 | 33 (1) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14.2±1.3 | 2 external links |
| Eisenmenger syndrome | 4 | 35 (2) | 1 Photographs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.5±0.9 | 3 external links |
| Endocarditis | 3 | 33 (1) | 1 Microbiology stain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.3±6.6 | 2 external links |
| Heart failure | 20 | 42 (1) | 1 Photographs 1 X-ray |
1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 13.6±1.7 | 2 external links |
| Infective endocarditis | 11 | 33 (2) | 1 Echocardiogram 1 Photographs |
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16.8±3.4 | 0 external links |
| Long QT syndrome | 10 | 38 (1) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11.4±1.1 | 1 external links |
| Mitral regurgitation | 9 | 34 (1) | 1 TOE | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 15.1±1.4 | 3 external links |
| Mitral stenosis | 7 | 33 (2) | 2 Photographs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 13.9±0.9 | 3 external links |
| Mitral valve prolapse | 8 | 38 (0) | 1 Painting 1 TOE |
3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.2±1.0 | 2 external links 5 further readings (research papers) |
| Myocardial infarction | 20 | 39 (1) | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15.6±0.4 | 2 external links |
| Palpitations | 4 | 30 (1) | 0 | 2 Audio recordings | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.8±1.6 | 6 external links |
| Patent ductus arteriosus | 6 | 34 (1) | 2 Echocardiogram | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.4±1.3 | 9 external links |
| Pericardial effusion | 4 | 35 (3) | 1 CT scan 1 ECG 1Echocardiogram 2 Ultrasound 2 X-ray |
1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 15.2±1.6 | 4 external links |
| Peripheral arterial disease | 9 | 31 (3) | 1 Photograph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16.4±3.4 | 1 external link |
| Prosthetic heart valves | 10 | 28 (0) | 5 Photographs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 11.5±1.8 | 2 external links |
| Pulmonary arterial hypertension | 11 | 34 (1) | 1 Micrograph | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 13.9±08 | 8 external links |
| Pulmonary embolism | 14 | 35 (1) | 1 Angiogram 1 Nuclear imaging 2 CT 1 X-ray 4 Photographs |
0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.5±0.7 | 0 external links |
| Pulmonic regurgitation | 2 | 29 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17.7±1.2 | 0 external links |
| Pulmonic stenosis | 2 | 30 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.4±3.5 | 1 external link |
| Rheumatic fever | 8 | 37 (4) | 1 Micrograph 1 Photograph |
3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.4±1.2 | 3 external links |
| Syncope | 9 | 33 (1) | 1 Painting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12.9±1.0 | 4 external links |
| Tetralogy of Fallot | 9 | 36 (1) | 1 Photograph 1 X-ray |
3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14.3±1.0 | 7 external links |
| Tricuspid regurgitation | 3 | 31 (0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.3±1.0 | 3 external links |
| Tricuspid stenosis | 2 | 31 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14.6±0.1 | 1 external link |
| Ventricular septal defect | 7 | 40 (2) | 1 Echocardiogram 1 Photograph |
2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12.6±2.0 | 16 external links |
| Ventricular tachycardia | 6 | 32 (1) | 2 Photographs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14.1±1.8 | 0 external links |
| Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome | 8 | 38 (1) | 2 Photographs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 14.4±0.2 | 3 external links |
*The modified DISCERN instrument was used in calculating accuracy. The results represent median and IQR of the scores. The results represent English Wikipedia cardiovascular articles searched on 6 October 2013.
CT, computed tomography; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; TOE, transoesophageal echocardiogram; US, Ultrasound.