title: Syphilitic ostial occlusion.
abstract: A patient presenting the picture of congestive cardiomyopathy was found to have syphilitic obliteration of the left coronary artery. Aortic regurgitation, angina, and myocardial infarction were notably absent.
mesh_terms: D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology