cardiovascular disease

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Introduction
Congenital heart disease
- Abnormalities of individual heart chambers
- Abnormalities of the atrial septum
- Abnormalities of the ventricular septum
- Abnormal origins of the great arteries
- Abnormalities of the valves
- Abnormalities of the myocardium and endocardium
- Abnormalities of the coronary arteries
- Abnormalities of the aorta
- Anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Anomalies of the venae cavae
Acquired heart disease
- Coronary artery disease
- Coronary heart disease
  - Epidemiology
  - Risk factors
  - Angina pectoris
  - Myocardial infarction
  - Sudden death
  - Survival during and after a heart attack
  - Coronary artery bypass surgery
  - Prevention of coronary heart disease
- Rheumatic heart disease
- The heart, the pulmonary artery, and the aorta
  - Pulmonary heart disease (cor pulmonale)
  - Hypertensive heart disease
  - Other diseases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery
  - Syphilis of the heart and aorta
- Diseases of the endocardium and valves
- Diseases of the myocardium
- Diseases of the pericardium
Disturbances in rhythm and conduction
- Determinants of cardiac rhythm
- Premature contractions
- Supraventricular arrhythmia
- Bradycardia and heart block
- Ventricular arrhythmia
- Treatment of ventricular arrhythmias
Heart failure
- Ventricular dysfunction in heart failure
- Therapy
Treatment of the heart
- Cardiopulmonary bypass
- Repair of congenital cardiac defects
  - Persistent (patent) ductus arteriosus
  - Coarctation of the aorta
  - Pulmonary valve stenosis
  - Aortic valve stenosis
  - Atrial and ventricular septal defects
  - Cyanotic cardiovascular abnormalities
- Repair of acquired cardiac defects
  - Valvular disease
  - Chronic constrictive pericarditis
  - Cardiac pacemakers
  - Heart wounds
  - Coronary arterial disease
  - Angioplasty
  - Heart transplantation
- Cardiac stem cells
Diseases of the arteries
- Occlusive disease
  - Atherosclerosis
  - Distribution
  - Epidemiology
  - Complications of atherosclerosis
  - Prevention
  - Treatment
  - Polyarteritis nodosa
  - Arteritis
  - Frostbite
  - Arterial embolism
- Nonocclusive disease
  - Arteriovenous fistula
  - Physical injuries
  - Radiation injuries
- Functional disease
  - Vasoconstriction
  - Vasodilation
Diseases of the veins
- Organic disease
- Functional disease
Diseases of the capillaries
Hemodynamic disorders
- Hypertension
- Hypotension
- Syncope
Physiological shock
- Shock due to inadequate blood volume
- Shock due to inadequate cardiac output
- Shock due to increased circulatory capacity
  - Bacteremic shock
  - Anaphylactic shock
  - Psychogenic shock
  - Drugs and shock
  - Neurogenic shock
  - Endocrine causes of shock
- Refractory and irreversible shock

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