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Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology
Bardet-Biedl syndrome and subaortic membrane: co-occurrence of two rare conditions [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2013; 41(1): 55-58 | DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2013.45228

Bardet-Biedl syndrome and subaortic membrane: co-occurrence of two rare conditions

Osman Ziya Arık, Kamuran Tekin, Caner Türkoğlu, Murat Çaylı
Department of Cardiology, Adana Numune Education and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome (BBS) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder with multiple morphological abnormalities. Clinical diagnosis is based on the presence of central obesity, polydactyly, rod-cone dystrophy, varying degrees of learning disability, hypogonadism (in men) and renal abnormalities. Cardiac involvement is a rare condition. We present a 28-year-old male with complaints of progressive dyspnea and palpitation diagnosed as BBS and subaortic discrete membrane. Careful echocardiographic evaluation of patients with BBS, such as in this case report, may allow us to discover novel cardiac abnormalities in this patient population.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, Bardet-Biedl syndrome/diagnosis; echocardiography; heart defects, congenital; kidney/abnormalities.

How to cite this article
Osman Ziya Arık, Kamuran Tekin, Caner Türkoğlu, Murat Çaylı. Bardet-Biedl syndrome and subaortic membrane: co-occurrence of two rare conditions. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2013; 41(1): 55-58

Corresponding Author: Kamuran Tekin, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English


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