Boddu, Srikrishna Raghavendra and Rao, Sudhakar M and Padmakumar, R and Ashwal, AJ (2016) Isolated Aortic Regurgitation – Are we Missing Something. International Journal of Current Research, 8 (1). pp. 25634-25636. ISSN 0975-833X

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Abstract

Coronary ostial stenosis is a rare complication of syphilic aortitis and majority of cases have been reported only at autopsy. The prevalence of coronary ostial lesions with aortic regurgitation has been reported to be 14%. In the current era of penicillin where not many cases of syphilis can be seen, symptomatic tertiary syphilis presenting as ostial stenosis and aortic regurgitation is a rarity in itself. Here we report a case of cardiovascular syphilis presenting with isolated aortic regurgitation and syphilitic aortitis.

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