Diseases

Cardiovascular Syphilis

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.

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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.

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5 entry terms
  • Syphilis, Cardiovascular
  • Aortitis, Syphilitic
  • Syphilitic Aortitis
  • Aortitides, Syphilitic
  • Syphilitic Aortitides

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, transmission, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate IM with specific cardiovascular term (IM) or specific cardiovascular disease (IM); note entry term AORTITIS, SYPHILITIC

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History Note

AORTITIS, SYPHILITIC was see under SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR 1963-83 (Prov 1963-74)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Cardiovascular Syphilis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013589. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013589
  2. Cardiovascular Syphilis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syphilitic_aortitis
  3. Cardiovascular Syphilis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q666481