title: [The Ellis-Van Creveld syndrome. Apropos 2 clinical cases].
abstract: The chondroectodermal dysplasia--Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome--is an unusual form of congenital disease, genetically transmitted with a recessive autosomal pattern, which involves the skeletal system, nails and teeth. In about 50 to 60 percent of cases, the affected individuals show cardiac abnormalities, and the most common are single atrium, large atrial septal defect, ostium primum type. Other abnormalities may accompany these lesions, such as aortic atresia, hypoplasia of the ascending aorta or of the left ventricle. About half of the patients die in the childhood due to cardiorespiratory complications. Two cases are described with this syndrome, a male and a female, with 54 and 45 years old respectively; they were followed in our Departments and showed congestive heart failure and single atrium. These cases led us to review the subject; we believe that the unusual longevity of these patients can be related to their relatively benign cardiac disease.
authors.affiliation: Internato Complementar de Cardiologia, Hospital Distrital de Viseu.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pipa
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Barros
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Angelo
mesh_terms: D004613:Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
vernacular_title: Síndrome de Ellis-Van Creveld. A propósito de dois casos clínicos.