Vascular disease
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The article covers vascular disease. Vasculitides are covered in a separate article called vasculitides.
Great vessels
When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon.
Aortic dissection
Associations
Heritable:[1]
- Marfan's syndrome.
- Loeys-Dietz syndrome.[2]
- Marfan-like syndrome.
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
- Bicuspid aortic valve.
Others:
- Tertiary syphilis.
See also
References
- ↑ Gleason TG (2005). "Heritable disorders predisposing to aortic dissection". Semin. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 17 (3): 274-81. doi:10.1053/j.semtcvs.2005.06.001. PMID 16253833.
- ↑ Loeys BL, Schwarze U, Holm T, et al (August 2006). "Aneurysm syndromes caused by mutations in the TGF-beta receptor". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (8): 788-98. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa055695. PMID 16928994. http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/355/8/788.