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Holt-Oram syndrome presenting as agenesis of the left pericardium.
International journal of cardiology - 2 Jan 2007
Dias Ricardo Ribeiro, Albuquerque João M A C, Pereira Alexandre C, Stolf Noedir A G, Krieger Jose E, Mady Charles, Oliveira Sérgio A
Abstract excerpt
We report on a case of a 60-year-old man with progressive heart failure, mitral and aortic valve insufficiency and bilateral asymmetrical skeletal upper-limb deformities. Central to the suspicion of Holt-Oram syndrome in this patient was the surgical finding of agenesis of the left pericardium. A Holt-Oram syndrome diagnostic was confirmed through molecular analysis of the TBX5 gene. A new amino acid substitution...
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