Open AccessOrtner′s (cardiovocal) syndrome: A rare presenting manifestation of critical mitral stenosis
Author(s) -
Krishnarpan Chatterjee,
Chetana Sen
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the practice of cardiovascular sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-2830
pISSN - 2395-5414
DOI - 10.4103/2395-5414.177265
Subject(s) - medicine , stenosis , cardiology , palsy , left atrium , balloon , surgery , recurrent laryngeal nerve , atrial fibrillation , alternative medicine , thyroid , pathology
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) in the aortic window may have contributed to compression of left RLN. Mitral stenosis was relieved with balloon mitral valvotomy which lead to significant improvement in her hoarseness