Giant syphilitic aortic aneurysm: A case report and review of the literature

Vascular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 360-364

  Tomey, Matthew I ^a   Murthy, Venkatesh L ^a   Beckman, Joshua A ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

pulmonary hypertension; right heart failure; syphilis; thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

BICALUTAMIDE; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NICARDIPINE; PENICILLIN G; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTITIS; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DOMINICA; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LEG EDEMA; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PANCYTOPENIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYNCOPE; SYPHILIS; SYSTOLIC HEART FAILURE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WALL STRESS; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; SYNCOPE; SYPHILIS; SYPHILIS, CARDIOVASCULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREPONEMA PALLIDUM;

EID: 80054724918     PISSN: 1358863X     EISSN: 14770377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1358863X11417614     Document Type: Review

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