PMID: 6539946Jun 9, 1984Paper

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and lentiginosis

Schweizerische medizinische Wochenschrift
M SennH P Krayenbühl

Abstract

A 21-year-old female patient with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and lentiginosis is described. This entity is known to belong to the LEOPARD syndrome (L-entigines, E-electrocardiographic conduction defects, O-cular hypertelorism, P-ulmonary stenosis, A-bnormalities of genitalia, R-etardation of growth, sensorial D-eafness). The patient underwent surgery for severe obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract; the postoperative follow-up was uneventful.

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