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. 1987 Oct;58(4):405–408. doi: 10.1136/hrt.58.4.405

"Late" manifestations of cardiovascular syphilis occurring in a young man.

A P Brown 1, K D Dawkins 1, D J Parker 1
PMCID: PMC1277275  PMID: 3676028

Abstract

A young man who presented with a short history of angina was found to have syphilitic coronary ostial stenosis six years after the primary infection. He was successfully treated with bilateral internal mammary grafts.

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