Assessment of carotid body tumor and its association with tetralogy of fallot: effect of the chronic hypoxia.

Autor: Yildiz BS; Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Sasmazel A; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Yuksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Baysal A; Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Kartal Koşuyolu Yuksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Gozu HI; Department of Internal Medicine, Dr. Lütfi Kırdar Kartal Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Erturk E; Department of Cardiology, Kartal Koşuyolu Yuksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Altas O; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Yuksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Zeybek R; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kartal Koşuyolu Yuksek Ihtisas Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Sahin A; Department of Cardiology, Bakirkoy Dr. Sadi Konuk Educational and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey., Yildiz M; Department of Cardiology, Istanbul University Cardiology Institute, Istanbul, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Heart views : the official journal of the Gulf Heart Association [Heart Views] 2014 Jul; Vol. 15 (3), pp. 86-8.
DOI: 10.4103/1995-705X.144800
Abstrakt: This is a rare combined presentation of Tetralogy of Fallot and carotid body tumor (CBT). Hypotheses and further discussion provides data for the development of CBT as a response to chronic hypoxemia. This present study demonstrates and discusses such an occurrence.
Databáze: MEDLINE