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| ==Endocarditis== | | ==Endocarditis== |
| See [[Valvular heart disease]]. | | See [[Valvular heart disease]]. |
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| ==Great vessels==
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| When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon.
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| ==Aortic dissection==
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| ===Associations===
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| Heritable:<ref name=pmid16253833>{{cite journal |author=Gleason TG |title=Heritable disorders predisposing to aortic dissection |journal=Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. |volume=17 |issue=3 |pages=274-81 |year=2005 |pmid=16253833 |doi=10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.06.001 |url=}}</ref>
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| *Marfan's syndrome.
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| *Loeys-Dietz syndrome.<ref name=pmid16928994>{{cite journal |author=Loeys BL, Schwarze U, Holm T, ''et al'' |title=Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in the TGF-beta receptor |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=355 |issue=8 |pages=788-98 |year=2006 |month=August |pmid=16928994 |doi=10.1056/NEJMoa055695 |url=http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/8/788}}</ref>
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| **Marfan-like syndrome.
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| *Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
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| *Bicuspid aortic valve.
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| Others:
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| *Tertiary syphilis.
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| ==Shunts== | | ==Shunts== |