| Literature DB >> 25634420 |
Satyendra Tewari1, Nagaraja Moorthy2.
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.Entities:
Keywords: Coronary aneurysm; Coronary artery disease; Syphilis
Year: 2014 PMID： 25634420 PMCID： PMC4311004 DOI： 10.1016/j.ihj.2014.10.408
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian Heart J ISSN： 0019-4832