title: 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.
authors: Department of Cardiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India.
authors: Satyendra
authors: S
authors: Tewari
authors: Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bangalore, India. Electronic address: drnagaraj_moorthy@yahoo.com.
authors: Nagaraja
authors: N
authors: Moorthy
keywords: Coronary aneurysm; Coronary artery disease; Syphilis