A Rare Cardiac Cause of Hoarseness of Voice
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A rare cardiac cause of hoarseness of voice
H oarseness of voice caused by the damage of the recurrent laryngeal nerve as a result of cardiac causes is known as Ortner’s or cardio-vocal syndrome. This syndrome was described by Nobert Ortner, an Austrian physician, in 1897 (1). Initially it was thought to be due to the enlargement of the left atrium as a result of severe mitral stenosis in rheumatic heart disease. However, it was found, l...
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عنوان ژورنال: Libyan Journal of Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1993-2820,1819-6357
DOI: 10.4176/091029