Cardiovascular pathology

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Cardiovascular pathology is a big killer.

Vascular disease

This article covers atherosclerosis, among other things. Vasculitides are covered in a separate article.

Vasculitides

Heart

This article includes cardiac sarcoidosis.

Heart valves are dealt with in a separate article. Other non-tumour cardiac pathology is dealt with in the heart article.

Tumours

These are rare buggers. The most common tumours are atrial myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma.

Congenital & acquired disease