Immunologic aspects of cardiovascular disease.
The current classification scheme of the diverse inflammatory cardiovascular diseases permits a clinical staging and facilitates prognostic assessment and therapeutic decision making. Ultimately, improvement in the classification of and definitive therapy for these conditions awaits better definition of the interaction among specific etiologic agents, host factors, and the immune system responsible for these diseases.
D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000628:therapy; D013700:Giant Cell Arteritis; D014890:Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity; D009205:Myocarditis; D010493:Pericarditis; D010488:Polyarteritis Nodosa; D012213:Rheumatic Fever; D013625:Takayasu Arteritis; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000276:immunology