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Abstract

The authors present a case of a young man diagnosed with Holt-Oram syndrome. He was found to have an additional anomaly, separate ostia for the entire right carotid system, which has not been associated with Holt-Oram syndrome in the past.

Keywords

separate ostia hand-heart syndrome carotid artery carotid bruit

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