[Cardiovascular syphilis: diagnosis, treatment].

摘要: Cardiovascular tertiary syphilis may lead to aortitis, aortic aneurism, coronary stenosis, insufficiency and, rarely, myocarditis. The physician must be familiar with the clinical presentations of this process, including asymptomatic variety and able have an organized plan for diagnosis evaluation establish or exclude presence cardiovascular pathology differential other entities. Once etiologic topographic is established, patient should treated penicillin, doxicycline antibiotics, consequences disorder, both actual potential, considered before deciding weather recommend surgical intervention. Although late can prevented by appropriate therapy early syphilis, a disease that most likely will continue diagnosed lately. Understanding pathophysiology disease, important its prompt recognition subsequent management. This paper reviews natural history, syphilis.