syphilitic aortitis

He is credited with providing a clear anatomical understanding of syphilitic aortitis.

The most common complication is syphilitic aortitis, which may result in aneurysm formation.

A case of combined rheumatic heart disease, syphilitic aortitis, and silico-tuberculosis.

If the disease progresses, syphilitic aortitis leads to an aortic aneurysm.

Unlike atherosclerosis, which clinically manifests in older people, syphilitic aortitis typically affects those under the age of 50.

Due to Syphilitic aortitis (a complication of tertiary syphilis) the aortic valve ring becomes dilated.

Syphilitic aortitis (SA) is a disease of the aorta associated with the tertiary stage of syphilis infection.

The most common symptom caused by cardiovascular syphilis is syphilitic aortitis, which can make the aorta - an important part of the heart - become dilated, or too big.

A sometimes-used synonym of syphilitic aortitis is "Döhle-Heller aortitis", named after Döhle and Arnold Ludwig Gotthilf Heller (1840-1913), Döhle's mentor in Kiel.

In 1899 Heller proved that syphilis was a cause of aortic aneurysm, and with his assistant Karl Gottfried Paul Döhle (1855-1928), he described syphilitic aortitis, a condition sometimes referred to as "Döhle-Heller syndrome".

About half of the cases of aortic insufficiency are due to the aortic root dilatation (annuloaortic ectasia), which is idiopathic in over 80% of cases, but otherwise may result from aging, syphilitic aortitis, osteogenesis imperfecta, aortic dissection, Behçet's disease, reactive arthritis and systemic hypertension.