1.
Int J STD AIDS
; 21(3): 222-3, 2010 Mar.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-20071445
ABSTRACT
Syphilis was once the most common cause of aortic aneurysm. For the last 60 years syphilis has been well controlled in the UK population. However, we present the recent case of a 52-year-old female black South African immigrant who was found to have a syphilitic aneurysm.
Subject(s)
Aneurysm, Infected/diagnosis , Aorta, Thoracic/microbiology , Aortic Aneurysm/diagnosis , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/diagnosis , Aneurysm, Infected/drug therapy , Aneurysm, Infected/microbiology , Aortic Aneurysm/drug therapy , Aortic Aneurysm/microbiology , Female , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Angiography , Middle Aged , Penicillin G Benzathine/therapeutic use , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/complications , Syphilis, Cardiovascular/drug therapy , United Kingdom
2.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg
; 20(6): 1258-60, 2001 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11717044
ABSTRACT
We report a case of young male patient who developed left internal mammary artery to pulmonary artery fistula 9 years following the coronary artery bypass grafting operation. The clinical signs and symptoms were very subtle including recurrence of angina and heart murmur. Surgical division of the fistula and re-grafting of blocked coronary arteries resulted in satisfactory long term outcome.
