Giant Aortic Arch Aneurysm and Cardio-vocal Syndrome: Still an Open-surgery Indication

  1. Garrido, José M.
  2. Esteban, María
  3. Lara, Juan
  4. Rodríguez Vázquez, José Francisco 1
  5. Verdugo López, Samuel 2
  6. López Checa, Salvador
  1. 1 Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humanas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
  2. 2 Departamento de Anatomía y Embriología Humana, Facultad de Óptica y Optometría, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España
Revista:
Cardiology Research

ISSN: 1923-2829

Año de publicación: 2011

Volumen: 2

Número: 6

Páginas: 304-306

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.4021/CR101W GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

The Cardio-vocal Syndrome (Ortner's syndrome) is described as hoarseness due to the left recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy, caused by a specific cardiovascular pathology. In this case, we present a patient with a giant aortic arch aneurysm with an initial clinical presentation of Cardio-vocal Syndrome. The conventional open-surgery, instead of endovascular approach, was useful to control the morbidity from the compressive effect of adjacent structures, also preventing the aortic rupture. We strongly recommend analyzing carefully the individual case and the clinical targets to resolve, because the new technologies are not always the most effective therapeutic response.