Cardiovascular syphilis with coronary stenosis and aneurysm

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.

Keywords

• Coronary artery disease
• Coronary aneurysm
• Syphilis