Aortite sifilitica complicata da aterosclerosi

Visione dell’efflusso ventricolare sinistro e della radice aortica: si noti l’intima dell’aorta ascendente con placche aterosclerotiche ulcero-calcifiche e aree biancastre a “corteccia d’albero”.

Syphilitic aortitis complicated by atherosclerosis

View of the left ventricular outflow tract and aortic root: note the intima of the ascending aorta with calcified atherosclerotic plaques and whitish “tree-bark” surface.