Syphilitic aortitis

✍ Scribed by Mauricio G. Cohen; R. David Anderson; Daniel Navia; Waldo Belloso; Amelia Gallo; Liliana R. Grinfeld

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 212 KB
• Volume: 52
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1522-1946
• DOI: 10.1002/1522-726x(200102)52:2<237::aid-ccd1057>3.0.co;2-e

✦ Synopsis

A case of syphilitic aortitis, complicated by bilateral coronary ostial stenosis, in a 40-year-old man is described. Treatment included coronary artery bypass grafting and a drug regimen of penicillin. At 3-month follow-up, an exercise stress test revealed no signs of ischemia.