Holt-Oram Syndrome in a family from Eastern Nepal
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Holt-Oram syndrome in a Maltese family.
Introduction Holt & Oram (1960) linked various skeletal abnormalities with congenital heart disease in four generations of a family. In particular, malformations of the hands were associated with atrial septal defect (secundum type) and bizarre arrhythmias. In 1961, McKusick described a similar syndrome in a mother and daughter and suggested the term 'atrio-digital dysplasia'. Harris & Osborne ...
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The classical description of this syndrome of upper limb abnormalities and congenital heart lesions was by Holt and Oram in 1960.1 They were from King's College Hospital in London and reported a four generation family with nine affected subjects. Many other families were then recognised to have the same condition, which led to a series of reports in the early 1960s. The names atriodigital dyspl...
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Holt-Oram syndrome (HOS) is a rare disorder characterized by congenital anomalies of the upper limbs and heart. Cardiac arrhythmias are common in patients with HOS. We successfully managed a 24-yr-old woman with HOS who underwent laparoscopic ovarian cystectomy. Potential problems in the anaesthetic management of patients with HOS are discussed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Advances in Internal Medicine
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2091-1440,2091-1432
DOI: 10.3126/jaim.v1i2.6530