Clinically isolated left coronary ostial stenosis: a manifestation of cardiovascular syphilis--case history.
The authors report a case of clinically isolated left coronary ostial stenosis in a thirty-seven-year-old man as a manifestation of cardiovascular syphilis. Notably he was free of the usual risk factors for coronary artery disease, and the rest of the coronary tree was angiographically normal.
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Department of Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, Madras, Tamilnadu, India.
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D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging