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Contents:
Alagille Syndrome - Aneurysm - Angina Pectoris - Angioedema - Aortic Valve Stenosis - Arrhythmias, Cardiac - Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia - Arteriosclerosis - Arteriovenous Malformations - Ataxia Telangiectasia - Atrial Fibrillation - Behcet Syndrome - Bradycardia - Brain Ischemia - Budd-Chiari Syndrome - Cardiac Tamponade - Cardiomegaly - Cardiomyopathy, Dilated - Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic - Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive - Cardiovascular Diseases - Carotid Stenosis - Cerebral Hemorrhage - Cerebrovascular Disorders - Churg-Strauss Syndrome - Compartment Syndromes - Cryoglobulinemia - Dementia, Vascular - Diabetic Retinopathy - Ebstein Anomaly - Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Eisenmenger Complex - Embolism, Cholesterol - Endocarditis, Bacterial - Fibromuscular Dysplasia - Giant Cell Arteritis - Heart Block - Heart Defects, Congenital - Heart Diseases - Heart Failure - Heart Septal Defects - Heart Valve Diseases - Hemangioma, Cavernous - Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial - Hematoma, Subdural - Hemorrhoids - Hyperemia - Hypertension - Hypertension, Malignant - Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular - Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Hypotension - Intermittent Claudication - Intracranial Aneurysm - Ischemic Attack, Transient - Kartagener Syndrome - Kearns-Sayer Syndrome - Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome - Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Long QT Syndrome - Marfan Syndrome - Microvascular Angina - Mitral Valve Prolapse - Mitral Valve Stenosis - Moyamoya Disease - Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome - Multiple Myeloma - Myocardial Infarction - Myocardial Ischemia - Myocarditis - Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic - Pericardial Effusion - Pericarditis - Peripheral Vascular Diseases - Phlebitis - Polyarteritis Nodosa - Postpericardiotomy Syndrome - Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum - Pulmonary Atresia - Pulmonary Embolism - Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch - Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic - Raynaud Disease - Renal Artery Obstruction - Retinal Vein Occlusion - Scimitar Syndrome - Shy-Drager Syndrome - Sneddon Syndrome - Stroke - Sturge-Weber Syndrome - Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - Tachycardia - Takayasu Arteritis - Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic - Telangiectasis - Tetralogy of Fallot - Thoracic Outlet Syndrome - Thromboangiitis Obliterans - Thrombophlebitis - Thrombosis - Tricuspid Atresia - Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia - Varicocele - Varicose Veins - Vascular Diseases - Vasculitis - Vasospasm, Intracranial - Wegener Granulomatosis - Venous Insufficiency - Ventricular Fibrillation - Williams Syndrome - Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - von Hippel-Lindau Disease -


  Cardiovascular Diseases   
  The Heart and Stroke Encyclopedia , about certain Conditions and Diseases , and a collection of Medical/Scientific Statements from the American Heart Association (US)
  Cardiovascular Physiology Concepts [RE Klabunde]
  Cardiology Explained [Ashley and Niebauer], 2004 - via NCBI Bookshlef (US)
  CardioVillage CME courses - free, but registration required
  Cas clinique du mois [in French] - Soc. Francaise de Cardiologie (FR)
  Cardiovascular Examination - ClinicalExam.com
  Echocardiographic Images & Texts [D Shindler] - Robert Wood Johnson Univ. Hosp., NJ (US)
  An illustrated Heart Tutorial - Spencer S Eccles Libr., Univ of Utah (US)
  The Cardiac Atlas - Auckland MRI Research Group
  AngioWeb [in French & English] - (FR)
  Gross Physiology of the Cardiovascular System [RM Anderson]
  The Circulation Foundation (info for patients) - (UK)
  Cardiovascular system [Quick Reference Synopses/Radiology] - CHORUS, Med College of Wisconsin (US)
  Cardiovascular Pathology [images; EC Klatt]
  Systemic Cardiovascular Diseases and the Eyes [CN Chua] - Oxford Eye Page
  Interventional Cardiology Resources for professionals and the general public [links]
  Clinical Statements/Guidelines from the American College of Cardiology Foundation
  News (and more) in Cardiovascular Medicine - InCirculation.net
  About Aspirin Therapy and Cardiovascular Disease - Bayer Inc.
  About Warfarin - Wikipedia
  About Cholesterol - AGINFO, Delaware (US)
  High Blood Cholesterol - What You Need to Know - US Nat'l Cholesterol Educ Prog
  Cholesterol Treatment Guidelines Update [Safeer and Ugalat] - AAFP, Mar 2002
  About Statins (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors) - Wikipedia
  About Zocor (Simvastatin) - DrugInfoNet
  Guidelines of Statin Prescribing in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease - Univ of London/NHS (UK)
  Which Statin Is the Best Choice for Which Patient? [tips from other journals] - American Family Physician, Mar 2002
  Clinical Advisory on the Use and Safety of Statins - 2002, ACC/AHA/NHLBI (US)
  A Blueprint for Better Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs (On the operating mechanism of statins) - HHMI News, May 2001
  On Statins and muscle problems [rhabdomyolysis, myositis] - Bandolier
  Does ENHANCE diminish confidence in lowering LDL or in Ezetimibe? [editorial] - NEJM, Mar 30, 2008
  Wine and Your Heart - Circulation 2001, AHA (US)
  About the Framingham Heart Study - NHLBI and Boston Univ. (US)
  A Glossary in Cardiovascular Terminology - Texas Heart Inst. (US)

    Heart Defects, Congenital   
    Heart Defects Information from the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne (AU)
    Congenital Heart Defects - CS Mott Children's Hosp, Univ of Michigan (US)
    Congenital Heart Disease Information and Resources [M Barmash] - C.H.I.N.
    It's My Heart , an online book from The Children's Heart Foundation
    About Congenital Heart Defects - Wikipedia
    Perinatal Cardiology - Univ of Chieti (IT)
    Subject index of Images in Paediatric Cardiology
    About Holt-Oram Syndrome - OMIM, NCBI (US).

     Alagille Syndrome   
    See another page

     Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia   
     Arrhytmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia
     Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia [EL Anderson] - AAFP, Apr 2006
     Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia - CMA

     Dextrocardia   

      Kartagener Syndrome   
     See another page


     Ebstein Anomaly   
     About Ebstein's Anomaly - Mayo Clinic Rochester (US)
     Ebstein's Anomaly - Cincinnati Children's Hosp Med C. (US)
     Ebstein Anomaly [Riaz and Forker] - eMedicine

     Eisenmenger Complex   
     About Eisenmenger Syndrome - Mayo Clinic Rochester (US)
     On Eisenmenger's Syndrome, and Pregnancy - Univ of Virginia Health System
     A Case of Eisenmenger Syndrome - Yale Univ/School of Medicine

     Heart Septal Defects   
     About Ventricular Septal Defect - Wikipedia
     Ventricular Septal Defects - KidsHealth
     Illustrations of three common types of Atrial Septal Defects - Mayo Clinic
     On Atrial Septal Defect - NHLBI/NIH (US)

     Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome   
     Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) information [DL Hilton]
     An illustration of Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome , and about treatment options for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Mayo Clinic
     About Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Cincinnati Children's
     Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome - Little Hearts Matter

     Marfan Syndrome   
    See another page

     Tetralogy of Fallot   
     About Tetralogy of Fallot [Spektor and Donson] - eMedicine, and an illustration
     About Tetralogy of Fallot - Canadian Adult Congenital Heart Network
     Tetralogy of Fallot - Univ of Michigan/Congenital Heart Center

     Tricuspid Atresia   
     Tricuspid Atresia - American Heart Association
     About Tricuspid Atresia - Cincinnati Children's Hospital (US)
     Tricuspid Atresia [Mancini and Sheridan] - eMedicine
     About Tricuspid Atresia - Royal Children's Hosp.,Melbourne (AU)


    Vascular Malformations   

     Arteriovenous Malformations   
     About Central Nervous System Vascular Problems - Harvard/Neurosurgery (US)
     Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM) [Smith and Sinson] - eMedicine, and a microscopic picture - Michigan State U. (US)
     About Brain Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs) , and Dural Arteriovenous Malformations/Fistula (dAVFs) , and an animated explanation of various treatments (of AVM) - Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group (CA)
     Lisa's story about Arteriovenous Malformation in the Uterus , and some images - GFMER (CH)

     Pulmonary Atresia   
     About Pulmonary Atresia - Lucile Packard Children's Hosp, Stanford

     Scimitar Syndrome   
    See another page


   Cardiovascular Infections   

    Endocarditis, Bacterial   
    Infective (Bacterial) Endocarditis - American Heart Association (US)
    Endocarditis - Wikipedia
    Infective and Non-infective Endocarditis [pathol images; EC Klatt]
    Janeway lesions (Bacterial Endocarditis) - Univ of Cambridge (UK)
    Bacterial Endocarditis Prophylaxis - AHA Guidelines
    On Bacterial Endocarditis [EG Brookfield], 1994
    About Non-infective Endocarditis (Nonbacterial Thrombotic Endocarditis) - Merck Manual


   Heart Diseases   
   The Cardiac Cycle - Wikipedia
   Exam of the Heart [C Goldberg] - School of Medicine, UCSD (US)
   ECG Learning Center [AE Lindsay] - Univ of Utah/HSC (US)
   ECG Archives at Paediatric Electrocardiogram of the Week
   Electrocardiology and Cardiac Arrythmias - Student Proj./ McGill Univ (CA)
   The Auscultation Assistant (heart murmurs & breath sounds; educ.) - UCLA (US)
   Heart Sounds and Cardiac Arrhythmias - Blaufuss Medical Multimedia (US)
   Cardiac Anatomy - Yale-New Haven Hospital (US)
   Heart Cells Grow Throughout Life Span - via NIH Research News, Apr 2009
   The Virtual Heart - Franklin Institute Virtual Science Museum (US)
   Heart Book, 1992 ed. [.pdf file] and Cardiothoracic Imaging [Jaffe and Lynch] - Yale Univ/School of Medicine (US)
   Heart diseases links - World Search Engine in Cardiology
   CARDIAX , 1995 - University of Michigan Medical School (US)
   HeartLinx - MDLinx
   Development of the Human Heart , 1996 - Loyola University, Chicago (US)
   Heart Disease Pathology Lecture Notes [E Friedlander]
   Statements and Guidelines from the American College of Cardiology Foundation
   Color Doppler Images Online [D Kannan] - EchoLab
   Cardiac Surgery in the Adult [full text book; Cohn and Edmunds, Jr.] - CtsNet
   Clinical Resources via the CardioThoracic Network
   LBL discovers Gene linked with Heart Disease [Jan 1992] - Berkeley Lab.
   On Dental hygiene and heart infection - American Heart Assoc.
   Guidelines from the European Society of Cardiology
   Study says Vitamins C and E do nothing to prevent heart disease in men - JAMA, Nov 2008
   Magnesium Deficiency, Heart Attack & Drinking Water [P Mason] - Magnesium Web Site

    Arrhythmias, Cardiac   
    About Normal Pulse Rates (Heart Rates) - Adam via MEDLINEPlus
    Normal and Abnormal Cardiac Rhythm Tutorial [RE Klabunde]
    About Palpitations - MedicineNet
    Heart Rythm Disorders - Yale Heart Book (US)
    Ventricular Premature Beat - Merck Manual
    Educational material from the Texas Arrhythmia Institute - (US)
    About Arrhythmias - Merck Manual
    Pacemakers and Antitachycardia Devices - Yale Heart Book
    About Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator , Cardioversion , and Catheter Ablation [patient info] - Cleveland Clinic Heart C.
    About Radiofrequency Ablation - AHA (US)
    The ZAPPER Newsletter , for Cardioverter-Defibrillator Implants Recipients [J Duffey]
    Adams-Stokes Disease - AHA (US)

     Atrial Fibrillation   
     About Atrial Fibrillation - MedicineNet
     About Atrial Fibrillation [T Sundt] - STS
     Quick answers about Atrial Fibrillation [free registration required] - UK National Library for Health
     Study suggests Pradaxa more effective than Warfarin in preventing stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation - Bloomberg News, Aug 2009
     Practice Guidelines for the Management of Patients With Atrial Fibrillation - ACC/AHA 2001 (US)
     Choosing between Warfarin (Coumadin) and Aspirin Therapy for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation [MH Ebell] - AAFP, Jun 2005

     Bradycardia   
     Bradycardia - WebMD
     About Bradycardia - Medtronic, Inc. (US)
     Sinus Bradycardia [Livingston and Overton] - eMedicine

     Heart Block   
     What is Heart Block? - American Heart Association
     A Case of Heart Block - ECG Library
     About First Degree and Second Degree Heart Block [DFM Brown] - eMedicine

     Long QT Syndrome   
     About Long QT Syndrome - European Inf C. (CH)
     Sudden Cardiac Death in Children, Adolescents and Young Adults [Chatrath et al.], 2002
     Long QT Syndrome - (CH)
     Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndrome - (AU)
     Long QT Syndrome in the Era of Implantable Defibrillators [Etheridge et al.], 2007
     About Jervell and Lange-NielsenSyndrome , and Long QT Syndrome 1 (Romano-Ward Syndrome) - OMIM

     Pre-Excitation Syndromes   

      Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome   
      About Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - ADAM/MedlinePlus
      Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome [M Herbert] - eMedicine
      Classical Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome - Merck Manual


     Tachycardia   
     About Tachycardia - Medtronic, Inc.
     Management of Tachyarrhythmias in the Emergency Room [M Mennuni-Leopoldo Bianconi] - Einthoven Net (IT)
     About Tachycardia in Children [Farah and Simon] - eMedicine
     Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia [RR Hemphill] - e-Medicine
     About Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) - ADAM/MedlinePlus
     About AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia - Wikipedia
     About the Brugada Syndrome [Abriel and Dizon] - eMedicine
     POTS Place: A Guide to Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome [M Sawicki]
     A personal story about Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome ( POTS ), Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and more [C Calder]

     Ventricular Fibrillation   
     Ventricular Fibrillation [Marill and Kazzi] - e-Medicine
     Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator - American Heart Assoc.
     Ventricular Fibrillation - Merck
     VF in Adult Advanced Life Support , and VF in Paediatric Advanced Life Support - Resuscitation Council (UK)


    Cardiac Tamponade   
    About Cardiac Tamponade - Wikipedia
    Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade [VT Valley] - e-Medicine
    Cardiac Tamponade Secondary to Suppurative Pericarditis [Reising et al.] - Internet J of Cardiology

    Cardiomegaly   
    Enlarged heart: What are the causes? - Mayo Clinic
    Cardiomegaly and Cardiomyopathy - HealthScout.com
    The Cardiomyopathy Association - (US)
    On Enlarged Heart/Cardiomegaly - Am. Heart Assoc.

     Cardiomyopathy, Dilated   
     Dilated cardiomyopathy - CMA
     Dilated cardiomyopathy in childhood [Franklin and Burch] - Images in Paediatric Cardiology, 2000/2 (MT)
     On Dilated cardiomyopathy - EchoInContext
     The Barth Syndrome Foundation - (US)

     Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular   
     About Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - Cleveland Clinic (US)
     Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - Wikipedia
     On Left Ventricular Hypertrophy - EchoInContext

     Hypertrophy, Right Ventricular   
     On Right Ventricular Hypertrophy - EchoInContext
     On Right Ventricular Hypertrophy - Pulmonary Hypertension Treatments


    Cardiomyopathies   

     Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia   
    See another location

     Cardiomyopathy, Dilated   
    See another location

     Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic   
     Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Merck Manual
     Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy information from the Cardiomyopathy Association in the (UK)
     Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy - EchoInContext
     The structural basis of familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is revealed - EurekaAlert, Nov 2007
     Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia
     Children's Cardiomyopathy Foundation
     About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy [Israel and Mannting] - Harvard (US)

     Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive   
     About Restrictive Cardiomyopathy [PH Tanser] - Merck Manual, 2nd Home Edition
     Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - WebMD
     Restrictive Cardiomyopathy - CMA
     On the Differential diagnosis of Restrictive Cardiomyopathy and Constrictive Pericarditis [EW Hancock] - Heart, 2001, via PubMedCentral

     Kearns-Sayer Syndrome   
    See another page

     Myocarditis   
     Myocarditis - Adam, via MedlinePlus
     About Myocarditis [Howes and Casner] and Myocarditis, Viral [Rodriguez and Ross] - eMedicine
     Virus Induced Myocarditis and Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy [U Kuhl] - E-Journal, 1/11
     Myocarditis, Viral [image & text] - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US).
     About Giant Cell Myocarditis
     About a Giant Cell Myocarditis - Myocarditis Foundation


    Endocarditis   

     Endocarditis, Bacterial   
    See another location


    Heart Defects, Congenital   
   See another location

     Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia   
    See another location

     Dextrocardia   

      Kartagener Syndrome   
     See another page


     Ebstein Anomaly   
    See another location

     Eisenmenger Complex   
    See another location

     Heart Septal Defects   
    See another location

     Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome   
    See another location

     Marfan Syndrome   
    See another page

     Tetralogy of Fallot   
    See another location

     Tricuspid Atresia   
    See another location


    Heart Failure   
    About Congestive Heart Failure - Merck Manual
    Congestive Heart Failure - TX Heart Inst. (US)
    Congestive Heart Failure and Pulmonary Edema [Grossman and Brown] - eMedicine
    About Congestive Heart Failure - Am. Heart Assoc. (US)
    Diuretics Better at Preventing Heart Failure - NIH Research, May 2006
    The Importance of Beta Blockers in the Treatment of Heart Failure [WE Chavey II] - AAFP, Dec 2000 (US)
    Practice Guidelines for Prescribing Diuretics in Heart Failure [JJ Patel] - e-Doc (ZA)

    Heart Valve Diseases   
    Valvular Heart Disease [Shipton and Wahba] - AAFP, Jun 2001
    About Heart Valves and Heart Valve Disease and Heart Valve Repair and Replacement - INOVA Heart Services
    About Valvuloplasty - INOVA Heart Services

     Aortic Valve Stenosis   
     Aortic Valve Stenosis - Medicine Net (US).
     About Aortic Stenosis - Royal Children's Hosp.,Melbourne (AU)
     Effect of Balloon Dilatation on Aortic Stenosis Assessed ... [Acar et al.] - Circulation 1999
     Restenosis after Angioplasty and Stenting [RN Fogoros] - About.com

       Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic   
      See another location


      Aortic Stenosis, Supravalvular   

       Williams Syndrome   
       About Williams Syndrome - Wikipedia
       The Williams Syndrome Foundation [K Sherman?] - (US)
       Bundesverband William-Beuren-Syndrom [H Porta; in German] - (DE)
       Syndrome de Williams et Beuren - (FR)
       The US Williams Syndrome Association, and some information about Music and Williams Syndrome
       About Absolute Pitch - Univ of California/SF
       Different Minds [R Finn] , and Music lights a fire - St Petersburg Times
       About Williams-Beuren Syndrome - OMIM, NCBI (US).
       Williams Syndrome Genetics , and about Chromosome 7 - NCBI/NIH (US)


     Heart Valve Prolapse   

      Mitral Valve Prolapse   
      What is the Mitral Valve? - KidsHealth (US)
      About Mitral Valve Prolapse - Texas Heart Inst. (US)
      About Mitral Valve Prolapse - Medicine Net (US).
      Understanding the Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome [excerpt from KA Scordo's book] - via Wright State Univ./Nursing (US)
      Mitral Valve prolapse - eMedicineHealth


     Mitral Valve Stenosis   
     Mitral Valve Stenosis - Mayo Clinic
     On Living with Mitral Valve Stenosis - WebMD
     An elderly woman with shortness of breath (Mitral Valve Stenosis) [Kim et al.] - Cleveland Clinic J., May 2008

     Pulmonary Atresia   
    See another location

     Tricuspid Atresia   
    See another location


    Myocardial Ischemia   
    Angina Pectoris and Myocardial Ischemia [Alaeddini and Shirani] - eMedicine
    Cardiac Ischemia
    Articles on Ischaemic Heart Disease - BMJ (UK)

     Angina Pectoris   
     About Angina - NHLBI (US)
     Chest Pain of Angina, and Other Causes - Medicine Net (US).
     Angina Pectoris - Cardiovascular Epidemiology 2001, Univ of S Carolina (US)
     Angina Pectoris Treatments - American Heart Association (US)
     About Coronary artery spasm / Variant Angina (Prinzmetal's Angina ; Angina Pectoris, Variant) - MayoClinic
     About Prinzmetal's Angina - HeartHealthWomen
     About Holter Monitoring - Texas Heart Institute (US)

      Microvascular Angina   
      Microvascular Angina: a brief description [D Lackland] - Med Univ S Carolina (US)
      Microvascular Angina [Kansra and Sircar] - J Indian Acad Clin Med, Jan-Jun 2001
      About Microvascular Angina - MedHelp Int'l/Heart Forum


     Myocardial Infarction   
     Heart Attack Signs - NHLBI/NIH (US)
     Heart Attack Topics - HealthTalk Online (UK)
     Heart Attack Symptoms - HeartInfo.Org
     Myocardial Infarctions - ECG images - ECG Learning Center, Utah (US)
     Heart Attack/Myocardial Infarction - Medicine Net (US).
     About Inflammation, Heart Disease and Stroke: The role of C-reactive protein (CRP) - American Heart Assoc.
     About Tissue Plasminogen Activator (tPA) - American Heart Association, and TNK-tPA (tenecteplase) - Univ of Pittsburgh (US)
     Development of Systems of Care for ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients [DP Faxon] - Circulation, 2007
     Evidence-based Recommendations for Treatment of Unstable Agina/Non-ST-segment elevation Myocardial Infarction - AHA/ASA 2007
     Effect of Cyclosporine on Reperfusion Injury in Acute Myocardial Infarction [Piot et al.] - NEJM, Jul 2008, via MedPageToday
     Infection and Coronary Heart Disease - Cardiovascular Epidemiology 2001, Univ of S Carolina (US)
     Chlamydia pneumoniae and Cardiovascular Disease [Campbell et al] - CDC/EID Fall 1998
     On Periodontal bacteria and Heart disease - via AAP, Jul 2006
     Cardiogenic Shock [MA Hostetler] - eMedicine
     Myocardial Infact, early stage [image & text] - Urbana Atlas of Pathology (US).


    Pericardial Effusion   
    About Pericardial Effusion [Strimel and Assadi] - eMedicine
    Pericardial effusion - Wikipedia
    About Pericardial Drainage - WebMD

    Pericarditis   
    About Pericarditis - Mayo Clinic (US)
    Pericarditis - CardiologyChannel
    Pericarditis and Cardiac Tamponade [VT Valley] - e-Medicine
    About Electrocardiographic Manifestations and Differential Diagnosis of Acute Pericarditis [MA Marinella] - AFP, Feb 1998

    Postpericardiotomy Syndrome   
    About Dressler's Syndrome - Mayo Clinic
    Postpericardiotomy Syndrome (Dressler's Syndrome) [MS Horenstein] - eMedicine
    Brief note on Postpericardiotomy syndrome, Postperfusion syndrome, and Cytomegalovirus infection - Virginia Henderson/Nursing Library

    Ventricular Outflow Obstruction   

     Aortic Valve Stenosis   
    See another location


   Vascular Diseases   
   The Vascular Disease Foundation - (US)
   Vascular Disease information from the Cleveland Clinic (US)
   Vascular Malformations of the Central Nervous System - Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
   Intracranial Vascular Malformations [JG Smirniotopoulos] - USUHS (US)
   On various Vascular Conditions, Tests and Treatments , at the Vascular Web - Society for Vascular Surgery
   Phlébologie - (FR)
   Peripheral Arterial Disease - Merck Manual/Home Edition, Sep 1997
   Endovascular Forum [registration required] - (US)

    Venous Insufficiency   
    Some notes on Venous Insufficiency - WOCN
    On Chronic Venous Insufficiency - Univ of Virginia Health System (US)
    About Chronic Venous Insufficiency - VascularWeb

    Aneurysm   
    About Aneurysms - Texas Heart Inst. (US)
    The Aneurysm Information Project [Tilson] - Columbia University (US)
    About Sub-Arachnoid Haemorrhage - Different Strokes (UK)
    About Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - USC Center for Vascular Care (US)
    About Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - MedicineNet
    On Thoraco-Abdominal Aneurysms (TAA) - Univ of Wiscons (US)
    On Aortic Aneurysms - Surg Assoc Texas (US)
    Discussions about Aneurysms - BrainTalk Communities (US)

     Intracranial Aneurysm   
     Intracranial Aneurysms: Current Evidence and Clinical Practice - American Family Physician, Apr 2002
     Some notes on Intracranial Aneurysms - Buffalo Neurosurgery Group (US)
     Brain Aneurysm [VG Khurana] - (US)
     Brain Aneurysm information - ASITN
     Giant Intracranial Aneurysms: Current Strategies of Management [CS Ogilvy] - Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
     Supraorbital minicraniotomy for intracranial aneurysm - Nat'l Inst Clinical Excellence (UK)


    Angiomatosis   

     Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome   
     The Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome Support Group Home Page [J Vessey] - MN (US)
     Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome (angioosteohypertrophy syndrome) [Lisko and Fish] - eMedicine
     New imaging techniques avoid unnecessary diagnostic tests for Klippel-Trénaunay vascular malformation - Basque Research
     Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber Syndrome , images - Dermis, Erlangen U. (DE)

     Sturge-Weber Syndrome   
     About Sturge-Weber Syndrome - Uniformed Serv U. of Health (US)
     The Sturge-Weber Syndrome Community - (US)
     The Sturge-Weber Foundation (US)
     Norsk Forening for Sturge-Weber Syndrome [K Sletten] - Oslo (NO)

     von Hippel-Lindau Disease   
     The Von Hippel-Lindau Disease Family Alliance - Brookline, MA (US), and a collection of European support groups
     Von Hippel-Lindau: A Genetic Disease - NIH (US)
     Von Hippel-Lindau Disease - Athena Diagnostics Lab.
     Von Hippel-Lindau Syndrome - GeneReviews, NLM/NIH (US)
     A brief synopsis of VHL clinical findings - CHORUS/Radiology
     Von Hippel Lindau Disease: Genetic, Clinical and Imaging Features [Choyke et al] - NIH (US)


    Angioedema   
    About Angioedema - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    A swelling of the tongue ... [JR Roberts] - HealthCentral
    Quincke's Edema - DermIS
    Hereditary AngioEdema Association
    Angioedema [Reid, Euerle and Bollinger] - eMedicine

    Aortic Diseases   

     Aortic Arch Syndromes   

      Takayasu Arteritis   
      About Takayasu's disease - MedicineNet


    Arterial Occlusive Diseases   

     Arteriosclerosis   
     The Coronary Arteries - HeartPoint
     Arteriosclerosis - Merck Manual
     Lipids Online (about athero/arterio/sclerosis) - Baylor College of Medicine (US)
     Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Pathology [images; EC Klatt]
     Notes on Arterial Insufficiency - WOCN
     Detection of mycoplasma pneumoniae and chlamydia pneumoniae in ruptured atherosclerotic plaques [Higuchi et al.] - Braz J Med Biol Res, Sep '00
     About Leg Pain and Lower Extremity Arterial Disease - USC Center for Vascular Care (US)

       Dementia, Vascular   
      See another page


      Intermittent Claudication   
      A Primary Care Approach to the Patient with Claudication [Carman and Fernandez] - AAFP, Feb 2000
      About Intermittent Claudication and Peripheral Vascular Disease [D Mosquera] - (NZ)
      About Cilostazol - Wikipedia
      On Claudication - AAFP
      Neurogenic Claudication: see under Spinal Stenosis [links]


     Carotid Stenosis   
     About Carotid Stenosis - Toronto Brain Vascular Malformation Study Group (CA)
     Carotid Endarterectomy , a tutorial from NLM (US)
     About Carotid Endarterectomy - American College of Surgeons
     Carotid Endarterectomy: An evidence-based review - AAN, 2008

     Fibromuscular Dysplasia   
     Fibromuscular Dysplasia, images - Univ of Cincinnati, College of Medicine (US)
     Fibromuscular Dysplasia [Kochan and Siskin] - eMedicine
     Stroke, secondary to fibromuscular dysplasia - via Adam, via MedlinePlus

     Moyamoya Disease   
     About Moya-Moya and Surgery - Columbia Univ Coll (US)
     Re: Moyamoya disease, I , and II - MedHelp
     About Moyamoya disease - MoyaMoya.com
     Moyamoya syndrome - Boston Neurosurgical Foundation
     Moya-Moya Syndrome - Neurology Web Forum (US)

     Renal Artery Obstruction   
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     Thromboangiitis Obliterans   
     Buerger's Disease information from Johns Hopkins Vasculitis C. (US)
     On Buerger's Disease - BBC (UK)
     About Thromboangiitis Obliterans - Adam, via MedlinePlus
     About Buerger Disease - OMIM, NCBI (US).
     This 48 year old man ... - Circulator Boot Corp.
     A comment on the Diagnosis of Thromboangiitis Obliterans - J Maladies Vasculaires (FR)


    Arteriovenous Malformations   
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    Arteritis   

     Giant Cell Arteritis   
     About Temporal Arteritis - CHealth (CA)
     Temporal Arteritis - Merck Manual
     About Temporal Arteritis [AG Egland] - eMedicine
     Synopsis of Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis) - Neuroland
     Temporal Artery Biopsy (Video) [Donahue et al.] - MedRounds, via Google
     Giant Cell Arteritis (Temporal Arteritis, Cranial Arteritis) and Vision Problems - RNIB (UK)

     Polyarteritis Nodosa   
     About Polyarteritis Nodosa - Adam, via MedlinePlus
     Polyarteritis Nodosa information - Vasculitis Center, Johns Hopkins (US)
     Polyarteritis Nodosa synopsis - CHORUS
     The Polyarteritis Nodosa Support Web Site
     Epigastric pain in a 71 year-old woman [L Schwartz] - Rhode Island Hosp./Emergency Dept. (US)
     Brief note on Polyarteritis Nodosa/Histo-Pathol - Urbana Atlas of Pathology

     Takayasu Arteritis   
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    Cerebrovascular Disorders   
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     Brain Ischemia   
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        Lateral Medullary Syndrome   
        About the Medulla and Wallenberg Syndrome - Univ of Idaho (US)
        Lateral Medullary Syndrome - Wikipedia
        Wallenberg's Syndrome (Lateral Medullary Infarct) - Neuropathology lab., Univ of Debrecen (HU)


      Ischemic Attack, Transient   
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     Carotid Artery Diseases   

      Carotid Stenosis   
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      Moyamoya Disease   
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     Intracranial Arterial Diseases   

      Cerebral Arterial Diseases   

       Moyamoya Disease   
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      Intracranial Aneurysm   
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      Intracranial Arteriosclerosis   

       Dementia, Vascular   
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     Intracranial Hemorrhages   

      Cerebral Hemorrhage   
      About Intracranial Hemorrhage - Wikipedia
      About Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Internet Stroke Center
      Clinical Review of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (SAH) [CS Ogilvy]
      Study suggests Endovascular Coiling Has Better Outcomes than Surgery (Ruptured Subarachnoid Hemorrhage) - AAFP, Feb 2003

      Intracranial Hemorrhage, Traumatic   

       Hematoma, Epidural, Cranial   
       About Epidural Hematoma - Wikipedia
       Epidural Hematoma - UCLA/Neurosurgery
       Epidural Hematoma [DD Price] - e-Medicine

       Hematoma, Subdural   
       About Subdural Hematoma [Sinson and Reiter] - eMedicine and an illustration - A.D.A.M., via Univ. of Maryland (US)
       Acute and Chronic Subdural Hematoma - UCLA/Neurosurgery
       Chronic Subdural Hematoma Images [Johnson & Becker] - The Whole Brain Atlas, Harvard Medical Web (US).


     Sneddon Syndrome   
     About Sneddon Syndrome - OMIM
     Livedo Reticularis , images - Erlangen U. (DE)
     Sneddon Syndrome information - The Doctor's Doctor/Pathol.
     Compare also Antiphospholipid Syndrome

     Stroke   
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        Lateral Medullary Syndrome   
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     Vasculitis, Central Nervous System   

      Giant Cell Arteritis   
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     Vasospasm, Intracranial   
     On Cerebral Vasospasm [D Awasthi], 1997 - Louisiana State Univ.
     On Assessment of Cerebral Vasospasm - Univ Hosp, Southampton (UK)
     Cerebral Vasospasm following Aneurysmal Rupture [VG Khurana]


    Compartment Syndromes   
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    Diabetic Angiopathies   

     Diabetic Retinopathy   
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    Embolism and Thrombosis   

     Embolism   

      Embolism, Fat   

       Embolism, Cholesterol   
       About Cholesterol Embolism [L Kirkland] - eMedicine


      Pulmonary Embolism   
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     Thrombosis   
     Deep Venous Thrombosis - NHLBI/NIH (US)
     About Deep Venous Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism - UMass Med C. (US)
     Deep Venous Thrombosis and Thromophlebitis [D Schreiber] - eMedicine
     Deep Venous Thromboembolism - INATE
     What clinical findings can be used to diagnose Deep Venous Thrombosis? - AAFP, Aug 2004
     Diagnosis of Lower Extremity Deep Vein Thrombosis [J Cochrane Mille] - Radiology Rounds, May 2005, MGH (US)
     Deep Vein Thrombosis Overview - Society of Interventional Radiology (US)
     Treatment of Deep Leg Vein Thrombosis [AS Gallus] - Austral Prescriber 3/1998
     DVT and Travel - US Federal Aviation Administration
     Painful swollen leg: Think beyond deep vein thrombosis and Baker's cyst [Buchi et al.] - World J Surg Oncol, Jan 2008, via PubMed Central
     DVT Prophylaxis in Orthopedics , and other related guidelines from the Thrombosis Interest Group - New Brunswick (CA)
     About the Factor V Leiden Syndrome - Int'l Birth Defects Inf Systems
     Thrombophilia Awareness Project (patient oriented information) [D Okner Smith]
     Factor V Leiden Mutation and the Risks for Thromboembophilic Disease: A Clinical Perspective [Price and Ridker] - Ann Int Med 1997
     Factor V Leiden Thrombophilia - GeneReviews
     Venous Thrombosis and the Factor V (Leiden) Mutation - Genetic Drift, Spring 1997
     Two patients with a history of Thrombosis - West Virginia Univ./Pathology (US)
     Pregnancy, Clotting and Factor V Leiden: An Overview , from Midwifery Today 2000
     Treatment of Calf Deep Venous Thrombosis - AAFP, Jun 2005
     A case of Paget-Schroetter Syndrome [Sanghavi et al.] - JPGM, 1983
     see also under Blood Coagulation Disorders
     see also under Pulmonary Embolism

      Purpura, Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic   
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      Venous Thrombosis   

       Budd-Chiari Syndrome   
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       Retinal Vein Occlusion   
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       Thrombophlebitis   
       About Thrombophlebitis - MayoClinic.com, a photo (leg) - Medizin (CH), and some ultrasonographic images - Krause and Pachernegg (AT)
       About Thrombophlebitis - ADAM/MedlinePlus
       Superficial Thrombophlebitis - Merck Manual
       Superficial Thrombophlebitis [Feied and Handler] - eMedicine


    Hemorrhoids   
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    Hemostatic Disorders   

     Cryoglobulinemia   
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     Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome   
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     Hemangioma, Cavernous   
     About Cavernous Angiomas - Boston Neurosurgical Foundation (US)
     Hemangioma, Cavernous [Cohen et al.] - eMedicine
     Images of Cavernous hemangiomas - AccessMedicine (CA)

     Multiple Myeloma   
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     Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum   
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     Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic   
     About Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome - Adam, via MedlinePLUS
     Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (Osler-Weber-Rendu Syndrome) - Children's Hospital, Seattle (US)
     Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia - GeneReviews
     The HHT Foundation International, Inc.

     Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia   
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    Hyperemia   
    On Fluid disturbances (incl. Hyperemia and Congestion) and Shock [J Conway] - UIUC (US)
    About Active and Reactive Hyperemia [RE Klabunde]

    Hypertension   
    Anyone can take a blood pressure. Right? [J Hickey] - Just the Berries, 2005 (CA)
    About High Blood Pressure and some more info - MayoClinic (US)
    Physiological aspects of High Blood Pressure [RE Klabunde]
    About the Renin-Angiotensin System , the Regulation of Blood Volume , and the Frank-Starling Mechanism [RE Klabunde]
    Measuring Plasma Renin Activity (PRA) - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    High Blood Pressure , 7th report of the Joint Nat'l Committee - NHLBI, via NLM (US)
    Guidelines for Hypertension (JNC7) , and a Physician's Reference Card , 2003 - 7th Report of Joint Nat'l Committee on High Blood Pressure
    Hypertension-related videos - CCIT/Baylor College of Medicine (US)
    Endocrine (Secondary) Hypertension: Apparent Mineralocorticoid Excess - Athena Diagnostics Lab.
    About Secondary Hypertension [RE Klabunde]
    Measuring Plasma Renin Activity (PRA) - Adam, via MedlinePlus
    About Liddle Syndrome - British Hypertension Society
    About Calcium Channel Blockers - AHA (US)
    On Calcium Channel Blockers and Hypertension - Bandolier 1995 (UK)
    About Diuretics - The Drug Monitor
    NHLBI Study Finds Traditional Diuretics Better Than Newer Medicines , Dec 2002
    Dark chocolate may lower blood pressure - WebMD, Mar 2005

     Hypertension, Malignant   
     Malignant Hypertension - MedlinePlus
     Hypertension, Malignant [JD Bisognano] - eMedicine
     About Hypertensive Emergency - Wikipedia


    Hypotension   
    About Low blood pressure - MedlinePlus
    Low blood pressure - Merck Manual
    Orthostatic Hypotension - Merck
    About Orthostatic Hypotension [TC Hain]
    Orthostatic Hypotension [Bradley and Davis] - Am Family Phys, Dec 2003

     Shy-Drager Syndrome   
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    Myocardial Ischemia   
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     Angina Pectoris   
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      Microvascular Angina   
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     Myocardial Infarction   
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    Optic Neuropathy, Ischemic   
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    Peripheral Vascular Diseases   
    Peripheral Vascular Disease Information from Am. Heart Assoc. (US)
    About Peripheral Vascular Disease - PVD
    Peripheral Vascular Disease Information - American College of Cardiology Foundation

     Phlebitis   
     (Thrombo)Phlebitis - MayoClinic.com
     Phlebitis overview - eMedicine
     About Phlebitis and Thrombosis - Vein Center

      Thrombophlebitis   
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     Raynaud Disease   
     About Raynaud's Phenomena - Cleveland Clinic/Heart and Vascular Inst. (US)
     The Threat of Raynaud's - NIH, Apr 2001
     About Raynaud's Phenomenon - CCOHS (CA)
     Clinical aspects of Raynaud's Phenomenon [free registration required] - NHS (UK)
     Raynaud's Phenomenon - Medicine Net (US).
     About Raynaud's - Int'l Scleroderma Network
     Raynaud Phenomenon [JR Lisse] - eMedicine
     Some images [hands] of Raynaud disease patients - Dermis (DE)


    Retinal Vein Occlusion   
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    Scimitar Syndrome   
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    Superior Vena Cava Syndrome   
    About Superior Vena Cava Syndrome (SVCS) - Cancer.gov (US)
    A 25-year-old female with Neck Pain (Superior Vena Cava Syndrome) - Albany Medical Review, June 2005

    Telangiectasis   
    Some images of Telangiectasis - Dermis.net (DE)
    CMTC: van Lohuizen syndrome - (NL)

     Ataxia Telangiectasia   
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     Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic   
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    Thoracic Outlet Syndrome   
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    Varicocele   
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    Varicose Veins   
    Varicose Veins Information , for patients - GVG (UK)
    About Sclerotherapy - American Soc Plastic Surg
    About Varicose Veins & Spider Veins
    About EndoVenous Laser Treatment ( EVLT ) - The Vein Doctor
    Before/After photos of (Pulsed Dye) Laser Treatment of Rosacea/Facial Telangiectasia etc. - CANDELA

    Vasculitis   
    What is Vasculitis? - NHLBI (US)
    Vasculitis Center at Johns Hopkins U.
    Vasculitis and Lupus [BH Hahn] - LPA
    About Allergic Vasculitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus and Criteria for Classification of Hypersensitivity Vasculitis , 1990
    Vasculitis and Kidney Involvement - EdREN (UK)
    Allergic Vasculitis , images - Erlangen U. (DE)
    Microscopic PolyAngiitis - Vasculitis Center, JHU (US)
    Necrotizing Vasculitis - Adam, via MedlinePlus

      Giant Cell Arteritis   
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      Polyarteritis Nodosa   
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      Takayasu Arteritis   
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     Behcet Syndrome   
     The American Behcet's Disease Association
     Qs & As about Behcet's Disease - NIAMS/NIH (US)
     Behcet Syndrome [Rabinovich and Wagner-Weiner] - eMedicine
     Behcet's Syndrome Society - (UK)
     Behcet's disease information [J Zeis]
     On Pharmacotherapy for Behcet's Syndrome [abstract of Cochrane review; Saenz et al] - Cochrane Library (CA)
     Behcet's Syndrome: Clinical presentation [images] - (IT)
     Behcet's Disease - American Uveitis Society
     Behcet's Disease of the Eye - NEI/NIH (US)

     Churg-Strauss Syndrome   
     The Churg Strauss Syndrome Association - (US)
     Churg-Strauss Syndrome - Vasculitis Center, JHU (US)
     A 55-year-old man with paresthesia and a purpuric rash ... - AAFP, Feb 2008 (US)
     Churg-Strauss Syndrome (Allergic Granulomatosis) [M Farid-Moayer] - eMedicine

     Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome   
     Kawasaki disease and heart problems - Dr Greene
     How do I know if my child has Kawasaki Disease? - Children's Hospital Boston (US)
     Kawasaki Disease Foundation - (US)
     Kawasaki's disease - AOCD (US)
     Kawasaki Disease information - Lucile Packard Children's Hosp. (US)
     Kawasaki Disease) [IK Maconochie] - BMJ, 2004
     Kawasaki disease: A summary of American Heart Association Guidelines [Freeman and Shulman] - AAFP, Oct 2006 (US)
     Highlights of the 9th Int'l Kawasaki Disease Symposium - Am. Heart Association
     Myocardial Failure in 2-month old baby ... [JJ Matsuda] - Hawaii (US).
     Recurrent Kawasaki Disease , case study [Pemberton et al.] - British DentalJournal, Mar 1999

     Phlebitis   
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      Thrombophlebitis   
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     Thromboangiitis Obliterans   
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     Vasculitis, Central Nervous System   

      Giant Cell Arteritis   
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     Vasculitis, Hypersensitivity   

      Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch   
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     Wegener Granulomatosis   
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