"Syphilis, Cardiovascular" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Cardiovascular manifestations of SYPHILIS, an infection of TREPONEMA PALLIDUM. In the late stage of syphilis, sometimes 20-30 years after the initial infection, damages are often seen in the blood vessels including the AORTA and the AORTIC VALVE. Clinical signs include syphilitic aortitis, aortic insufficiency, or aortic ANEURYSM.
| Descriptor ID |
D013589
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C01.252.400.840.744.657 C01.252.847.840.744.657 C01.539.190.500 C14.260.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Aortitis, Syphilitic- Aortitis, Syphilitic
- Aortitides, Syphilitic
- Syphilitic Aortitides
- Syphilitic Aortitis
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| 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Syphilis, Cardiovascular" by people in Profiles.
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Roberts WC, Lensing FD, Kourlis H, Ko JM, Newberry JW, Smerud MJ, Burton EC, Hebeler RF. Full blown cardiovascular syphilis with aneurysm of the innominate artery. Am J Cardiol. 2009 Dec 01; 104(11):1595-600.
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O'Regan AW, Castro C, Lukehart SA, Kasznica JM, Rice PA, Joyce-Brady MF. Barking up the wrong tree? Use of polymerase chain reaction to diagnose syphilitic aortitis. Thorax. 2002 Oct; 57(10):917-8.