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

  • Tagarakis G
  • Karangelis D
  • Baddour A
  • et al.
Journal of Medical Case Reports (2010) 4(1)
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-4-348
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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.

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Tagarakis, G. I., Karangelis, D., Baddour, A. J., Desimonas, N., Tsantsaridou, A., Daskalopoulos, M. E., … Tsilimingas, N. B. (2010). Coronary artery surgery in a man with achondroplasia: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-4-348

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