Syphilitic Bilateral Coronary Artery Ostial Stenosis Presenting as Acute Coronary Syndrome
| Autor: | Manish Kapoor, Swapan Saha, Dhanjit Nath |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Acute coronary syndrome medicine.diagnostic_test Unstable angina business.industry 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine.anatomical_structure 030228 respiratory system Right coronary artery medicine.artery Internal medicine Occlusion medicine Cardiology Syphilis Myocardial infarction Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business Computed tomography angiography Artery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research. 8:35-37 |
| ISSN: | 0976-2833 0975-3583 |
| DOI: | 10.5530/jcdr.2017.1.8 |
| Popis: | Syphilis is an infectious disease which occurs through a series of frequently overlapping stages. It can impair the cardiovascular and neurological systems. In approximately 30% of non-treated patients, syphilis develops its tertiary form. We report a case of a 41-year male patient admitted due to acute coronary syndrome presented as unstable angina. Coronary angiography showed a 100% ostial lesion of left main coronary artery and 90% occlusion of the right coronary artery ostium. Subsequent Computed Tomography Angiography (CTA) scan showed prominent thickening of the aortic wall. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test was titrated to 1/16. The patient was referred for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Key words: Syphilis, Acute Coronary Syndrome, unstable angina, Coronary Angiography, Left Main Coronary Artery, Right Coronary Artery, Coronary ostial stenosis, Computed Tomography Angiography. |
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