 Cor bovinum

Cor bovinum or cor bovis refers to a massive hypertrophy of the left ventricle of the heart due to volume overload, usually in earlier times in the context of tertiary syphilis but currently more often due to chronic aortic regurgitation, hypertensive and ischaemic heart disease.Due to Syphilitic aortitis (a complication of tertiary syphilis) the aortic valve ring becomes dilated.