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Syphilitic Aortic Aneurysm in the Third Millennium

A 69-year-old man presented with precordial pain and a dilated ascending aorta with the suspicion of an intramural hematoma. At emergency operation, the aorta appeared grossly thickened with diffuse intimal scarring. Retrospectively, the patient tested positive to serologic screening for syphilis wi...

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Autores principales: Del Re, Federico, Falcetta, Giosuè S., Pratali, Stefano, Belgio, Beatrice, Pucci, Angela, Bortolotti, Uberto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Thieme Medical Publishers 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6443384/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30934107
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1683399