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==Endocarditis==
==Endocarditis==
See [[Valvular heart disease]].
See [[Valvular heart disease]].
==Great vessels==
When things go wrong here, you see a cardiac surgeon.
==Aortic dissection==
===Associations===
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>
*Marfan's syndrome.
*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>
**Marfan-like syndrome.
*Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
*Bicuspid aortic valve.
Others:
*Tertiary syphilis.


==Shunts==
==Shunts==
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