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Table 1 Summary of the patients’ demographics, comorbidities, initial symptoms, time from hoarseness to treatment, aneurysm shape and size, surgical procedures and outcome

From: Ortner’s syndrome secondary to thoracic aortic aneurysm: a case series

Case No) Gender /Age (yrs)

Comorbidities

Symptoms

Time from hoarseness to treatment (months)

Type of thoracic aneurysm/size (cm)

Proximal landing zone/type of debranching

Outcome

(1) Male/68

COPD, GERD, smoking

Hoarseness

1

Saccular/5/3.9

TEVAR/ zone 3/None

Completely resolved

(2) Male/64

COPD, smoking

Hoarseness

24

Saccular/6

TEVAR/zone 1/chimney graft of LCCA & LSA

No improvement of hoarseness

(3) Female/76

HT

Hoarseness

9

Saccular/5.4

TEVAR/ zone 2/None

Improvement of hoarseness

(4) Female/54

HT, CAD, DM, Pemphigus, Oral prednisone

Hoarseness

8

Fusiform/9.7

TEVAR/zone 1/carotid-carotid & carotid- LSA bypass

Improvement of hoarseness

  1. COPD, Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; GERD, Gastroesophageal reflux disease; HT, Hypertension; CAD, Coronary artery disease; DM, Diabetes mellitus