Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Jih-Kai Yeh, Shao-Wei Chen, Chia-Ling Wu, Yu-Sheng Lin, Michael Wu, Kai-Che Wei, Pao-Hsien Chu, Shang-Hung Chang, Yu-Tung Huang
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies on the impact of syphilis on the cardiovascular system in large populations are limited. This study investigated the effects of syphilis on cardiovascular outcomes. METHODS: Medical records from 2010 to 2015 were retrieved from the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database, linked to the Notifiable Infectious Diseases database from the Taiwan Centers for Disease Control. Patients with syphilis were identified, excluding those with missing information, under 20 years of age, or with a history of human immunodeficiency virus infection, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, aortic regurgitation, replacement of the aortic valve, aneurysm and/or dissection of the aorta, atrial fibrillation, ischaemic stroke, haemorrhagic stroke, and venous thromboembolism...
April 3, 2024: European Heart Journal