Ortner's Syndrome: A Multifactorial Cardiovocal Syndrome
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A Rare Cause of Hoarseness - Cardiovocal Syndrome
Vocal cord palsy presented with hoarseness due to cardiovascular pathology, is an extremely rare entity, better known as Ortner’s syndrome or cardiovocal syndrome. The common underlying pathology is described as compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by the pulmonary artery or enlargement of the left atrium. We reported a case of undiagnosed congenital heart disease in a young woman prese...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Cardiology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0160-9289
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20646