An unusual aorto-pulmonary communication secondary to syphilitic aortitis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-159

  Clapp, B R ^a   Ratnatunga, C P ^a   Nihoyannpoulos, P ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aortic Aneurysm; Aortic Rupture; Cardiovascular Syphilis; Syphilis Complications

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA RUPTURE; AORTITIS; AORTOPULMONARY SEPTAL DEFECT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILIS; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC RUPTURE; ARTERIO-ARTERIAL FISTULA; CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 0031469712     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)00184-8     Document Type: Article

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