Cardiovascular syphilis with coronary stenosis and aneurysm.
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ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular manifestations of tertiary syphilis include aortitis, aortic root dilation, aneurysm formation, aortic regurgitation, and coronary ostial stenosis. Coronary ostial lesions have been detected in as many as 26% of patients with syphilitic aortitis. However nonostial coronary stenosis and coronary aneurysms in same patient is rarely described in cardiovascular syphilis.
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4311004 | BioStudies |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies
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