Cardiovascular pathology
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Cardiovascular pathology is a big killer.
Vascular disease
Main article: Vascular disease
This article covers atherosclerosis, among other things. Vasculitides are covered in a separate article.
Vasculitides
Main article: Vasculitides
Heart
Main article: Heart
This article includes cardiac sarcoidosis.
Main article: Heart valves
Heart valves are dealt with in a separate article. Other non-tumour cardiac pathology is dealt with in the heart article.
Tumours
Main article: Cardiac tumours
These are rare buggers. The most common tumours are atrial myxoma and papillary fibroelastoma.
Congenital & acquired disease
Main article: Congenital heart disease
Main article: Cardiomyopathy
Main article: Heart transplant pathology
The cardiomyopathy article covers DCM, HCM and restrictive CM, ARVC and noncompaction CM among other things.