Hoarseness due to cardiovascular disease: Two cases of cardiovocal syndrome

ABSTRACT

@#<p style="text-align justify;"><strong>OBJECTIVE</strong> To report two cases of cardiovocal syndrome (or Ortner's syndrome) due to cardiovascular disease.</p> <p style="text-align justify;"><strong>METHODS</strong><br /><strong>Design</strong> Case report<br /><strong>Setting</strong> Tertiary University Hospital<br /><strong>Subjects</strong> Two</p> <p style="text-align justify;"><strong>RESULTS</strong> Two patients with Cardiovocal syndrome, one due to an aortic saccular aneurysm and the other due to severe mitral stenosis underwent surgery to correct the underlying cardiovascular disease. Post-operatively, the hoarseness resolved completely in the patient with mitral stenosis but persisted in the patient with aortic saccular aneurysm.</p> <p style="text-align justify;"><strong>CONCLUSION</strong> Cardiovascular disease should be considered as a differential diagnosis in a patient with hoarseness. A high index of suspicion is needed to make an early diagnosis which can lead to surgical correction of the potentially life-threatening, underlying cardiovascular disease.</p>