Elumalai RS, Nainar MS, Vaidyanathan K, Somasundaram G, Balasubramaniam G. Congenital complete heart block in Klippel-Feil syndrome.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2014;
21:199-201. [PMID:
24532621 DOI:
10.1177/0218492312449632]
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Abstract
A 36-year-old man with a short neck, low hairline, and mild kyphoscoliosis, presented with history of syncope. Chest radiography revealed a diaphragmatic hernia. Computed tomography demonstrated fusion of C2-C6 vertebral bodies, Electrocardiography indicated complete heart block. Ultrasonography showed a right pelvic kidney. He was diagnosed with Klippel-Feil syndrome and underwent permanent pacemaker implantation and corrective surgery for the congenital diaphragmatic hernia.
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