title: Syphilitic aortitis causing bilateral coronary ostial stenosis.
abstract: Coronary ostial stenosis in otherwise normal coronary vessels is a rare complication of syphilitic aortitis. A 47-year-old man with no coronary risk factors developed severe isolated ostial stenosis in the left main coronary artery and right coronary artery. He underwent coronary artery bypass grafting using the bilateral internal thoracic arteries and gastroepiploic artery and recovered uneventfully.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowacho, Otsu, Japan. sohosoba@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
authors.forename: Soh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hosoba
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Asai
mesh_terms: D001025:Aortitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013589:Syphilis, Cardiovascular / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome