Researchers who studied data from 1,469 U.S. adults with a syphilis diagnosis without prior cardiovascular disease found that syphilis was associated with higher rates of death and several major cardiovascular conditions, such as stroke and heart attack, over 15 years. The highest risk occurred for those in late-stage disease. Compared to 7,345 uninfected controls, patients with syphilis had about twice the risk of aortic aneurysm or dissection, a 53% higher risk of ischemic stroke, a …
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