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Ortner′s (cardiovocal) syndrome: A rare presenting manifestation of critical mitral stenosis
We present a case of left recurrent laryngeal palsy in a 50-year-old lady who was the sole manifestation of critical mitral stenosis. In the absence of a giant left atrium, pulmonary artery hypertension with entrapment of recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN ...
Krishnarpan Chatterjee, Chetana Sen
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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in Chinese adolescents [PDF]
Since national figures on the occurrence of metabolic syndrome among Chinese adolescents are lacking, this study aims to estimate its prevalence and distribution among Chinese youngsters.
Yang, X. +6 more
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Salmonella mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm is a rare but life-threatening condition. We report a 59-year-old man with two Salmonella mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysms, presented with fever and chills associated with hoarseness due to left vocal cord ...
Cheng, SWK, Ho, P, Poon, JTC, Ting, ACW
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General practitioners' perceptions of chronic fatigue syndrome and beliefs about its management, compared with irritable bowel syndrome: qualitative study [PDF]
OBJECTIVES: To compare general practitioners' perceptions of chronic fatigue syndrome and irritable bowel syndrome and to consider the implications of their perceptions for treatment.
Tom Sensky +11 more
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Reduced-complexity syndrome-based TTCM decoding [PDF]
The iterative decoder of Turbo Trellis Coded Modulation (TTCM) exchanges extrinsic information between the constituent TCM decoders, which imposes a high computational complexity at the receiver. Therefore we conceive the syndrome-based block decoding of
Ng, Soon Xin +2 more
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Ortner’s Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Hoarseness
We report the case of a 71 years old lady with a history of hoarseness of voice due to aortic arch aneurysm, one of the causes of the cardiovocal ...
Kumar A +4 more
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This article presents a clinical case of a 62-year-old man with a long history of coronary heart disease and smoking, whose main complaint upon admission to the hospital was voice hoarseness and atypical pain syndrome in the chest.
O. M. Drapkina +3 more
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of parity on Down syndrome (DS). METHODS: The study was conducted on data from Northeast Italy (NEI) (1981-1996) and Sicily (ISMAC) (1991-1996) Congenital Malformation Registries.
Working Group on Down Syndrome +4 more
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Parent and self-report health-related quality of life measures in young patients with Tourette syndrome [PDF]
Tourette syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics and comorbid behavioral problems. This study compared child- and parent-reported quality of life and everyday functioning.
C. Luoni +39 more
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More than a century ago, Ortner described a case of cardiovocal syndrome wherein he attributed a case of left vocal fold immobility to compression of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by a dilated left atrium in a patient with mitral valve stenosis.
Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam +3 more
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