| Though quite rare today, sexually transmitted diseases can present as syphilitic aortitis, syphilitic aortic aneurysm, syphilitic aortic valvulitis with aortic regurgitation or syphilitic coronary ostial stenosis. |
| The diagnosis of subclinical valvulitis and valvulopathy influences the secondary prophylaxis of rheumatic fever and endocarditis. |
| There may be myocarditis or pericarditis in addition to the valvulitis. |
| Twenty-one percent of patients examined had valvulitis or endocarditis. |
| The disease causes arterial aneurysms, valvulitis, and myocarditis. |
| The other is a healed rheumatic valvulitis with marked degenerative changes due to hemodynamic injury and possibly acquired degenerative calcific stenosis as well. |
