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Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports 1/2010

Open Access 01-12-2010 | Case report

Coronary artery surgery in a man with achondroplasia: a case report

Authors: Georgios I Tagarakis, Dimos Karangelis, Andony J Baddour, Nicholas Desimonas, Angeliki Tsantsaridou, Marios E Daskalopoulos, Dimitrios Papadopoulos, Nikolaos B Tsilimingas

Published in: Journal of Medical Case Reports | Issue 1/2010

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Abstract

Introduction

Achondroplasia is a musculoskeletal disorder associated with short stature. Despite an estimated prevalence of 1:25,000 in the general population, there is little literature concerning the diagnostic and treatment challenges faced by doctors dealing with a heart operation on a patient with this condition.

Case presentation

We present the case of a 41-year-old Caucasian man of Greek ethnicity with achondroplasia, who underwent bypass heart surgery.

Conclusions

The surgery was successful and did not present particular difficulties, showing that heart surgery can be safely performed on people with achondroplasia.
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Metadata
Title
Coronary artery surgery in a man with achondroplasia: a case report
Authors
Georgios I Tagarakis
Dimos Karangelis
Andony J Baddour
Nicholas Desimonas
Angeliki Tsantsaridou
Marios E Daskalopoulos
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Nikolaos B Tsilimingas
Publication date
01-12-2010
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Journal of Medical Case Reports / Issue 1/2010
Electronic ISSN: 1752-1947
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-348

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