Key result
A 34-year-old woman presenting with unstable angina was found to have severe bilateral ostial stenosis of the coronary arteries caused by syphilitic vascular lesions.
Why the study?
Stenosing coronary artery disease is very rare in women of childbearing age without previous risk factors for atherosclerosis.
Population
A 34-year-old woman presenting with unstable angina and severe bilateral ostial coronary artery stenosis
Design
Case report
Authors
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Consider syphilitic lesions in young adults with bilateral ostial stenosis; leaves open the epidemiology of cardiovascular syphilis today.
Case Report (n=1)
Syphilis should be considered as a potential etiology for severe coronary ostial stenosis in young patients presenting with unstable angina without traditional atherosclerotic risk factors.
Dmitriy Sergeevich Kovalev (2025) conducted a case report in Severe bilateral ostial stenosis of the coronary arteries (n=1). Syphilis infection was evaluated. A 34-year-old woman presenting with unstable angina was found to have severe bilateral ostial stenosis of the coronary arteries caused by syphilitic vascular lesions.
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