Syphilitic heart disease in the elderly

Senile syphilitic heart disease refers to the entry of Treponema pallidum into the outer layer of the aorta, leading to aortic inflammation, which produces aortic aneurysms, coronary aneurysms, coronary stenosis, and aortic insufficiency. Clinical manifestations.

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