A Rare Cardiac Cause of Hoarseness of Voice

To The Editor: Hoarseness of voice caused by the damage of the recurrent laryngeal nerve as a result of cardiac causes is known as Ortner’s or cardio-vocal syndrome. This syndrome was described by Nobert Ortner, an Austrian physician, in 1897 [1]. Initially it wasthought to be due to the enlargement...

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Main Authors: Berekat I, Azzu A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-01-01
Series:Libyan Journal of Medicine
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Online Access:http://2657.indexcopernicus.com/fulltxt.php?ICID=897336