An interesting case of straight back syndrome and review of the literature.

Autor:	Soleti P; Department of General Medicine, G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India., Wilson B; Department of Cardiology, G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India bivwilson@gmail.com., Vijayakumar AR; Department of General Medicine, G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India., Chakravarthi PI; Department of General Medicine, G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India., Reddy CG; Department of General Medicine, G Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital, Coimbatore, India.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals [Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann] 2016 Jan; Vol. 24 (1), pp. 63-5. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jun 06.
DOI:	10.1177/0218492314539335
Abstrakt:	Straight back syndrome is characterized by loss of the normal upper thoracic kyphosis, leading to a reduced anteroposterior diameter and squashing of the heart. Most patients are asymptomatic; if symptomatic, chest pain and palpitations are most common. On examination, the abnormal clinical findings simulate organic heart disease that needs to be ruled out by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. A lateral chest radiograph is diagnostic. This condition is commonly associated with mitral valve prolapse and bicuspid aortic valve. We describe an interesting case of straight back syndrome with all the classic and rarely reported clinical findings. (© The Author(s) 2014.)
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