European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on August 1, 2008
European Heart Journal 2009 30(2):191; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn369
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Syphilitic aortitis causing critical obstruction of coronary ostia
Heart Institute (InCor), University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Av. Doutor Eneas Carvalho Aguiar 44, 05403.900, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil
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A 32-year-old man presented to the hospital soon after the onset of chest pain. Physical examination revealed blood pressure 95/60 mmHg, heart rate 94 b.p.m.,