Cardiovascular late syphilis

**Definition:** This is a late, sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. This diagnosis is involving the cardiovascular area.

**Inclusions:** - Syphilitic aortic incompetence - Syphilitic pulmonary regurgitation - Syphilitic endocarditis - Syphilitic myocarditis - Syphilitic aortitis - Syphilitic aneurysm of aorta - Syphilitic cerebral arteritis