- syphilitic aortitis
- aortitis caused by syphilis; its complications include insufficiency of the aortic valve, stenosis or occlusion of the coronary orifices, and aortic aneurysm. Called also Dцhle-Heller a.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
syphilitic aortitis
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