cardiovascular syphilis
MONDO:0004911Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names cardiovascular syphilis yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A tertiary syphilis that is manifested as aneurysm formation in the ascending aorta, caused by chronic inflammatory destruction of the vasa vasorum, insufficiency of the aortic valve, or narrowing of the coronary arteries.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0004911), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
1 feature
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, hp/releases/2026-09-01.
- Vascular dilatationMondoHP:0002617
Where it sits
- A kind of