Muhammad Ammar Rashid.
ORTNER’S SYNDROME case report: 53 years old female patient of valvular heart disease with hoarseness of voice.
J Cardiovascular Dis Jan ;13(1):28-30.

Hoarseness of voice that occurs in cardiovascular disorders is known as ortner cardiovocal syndrome or simply ortner syndrome described first time by a Viennese physician Nobert Ortner in 1897 in patients with mitral stenosis.1 There are many conditions that can lead to this syndrome including neoplastic , infectious, metabolic, traumatic or idiopathic. The cardiovascular disorders related to the syndrome are described in table 1. 2,3 Here we describe a case of 53 years old female known case of rheumatic heart disease presented with hoarseness of voice.

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