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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1101</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A STUDY ON THE ASSOCIATION OF HYPERTELORISM AND POSTERIORLY PLACED PINNA IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL ACYANOTIC HEART DISEASES&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ghorai</surname><given-names>Sumi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bhattacharya</surname><given-names>Swapan</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>25</day><month>09</month><year>2013</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>60</fpage><lpage>64</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: To diagnose undetected cases of asymptomatic congenital acyanotic heart disease by measuring intercanthal distance (ICD) and angle of ear inclination (AEI). Methods: A comparative study was conducted over a period of 2011-2012 in the Department of Paediatric Medicine, Medical College Hospital, Kolkata. 100 patients (Cases: 50 patients with congenital acyanotic heart disease. Control: 50 patients without it) of age group 3 months to 12 years were examined clinically. Echocardiography was done. Intercanthal distance was measured by Vernier__ampersandsignrsquo;s sliding caliper and angle of ear inclination by photogrametry. Results: Among 50 cases, 7(14%) male and 14(28%) female patients had hypertelorism, 10(20%) male and 16(32%) female patients had posteriorly rotated pinna. Among 50 controls, 4(8%) male, and 6(12%) female patients had hypertelorism and 2(4%) male, and 6(12%) female patients had posteriorly rotated pinna. In both the group female patients had higher incidence. Conclusion: Every child with hypertelorism and obliquely placed pinna should be properly screened for congenital acyanotic heart disease to decrease the morbidity.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Pinna</kwd><kwd> hypertelorism</kwd><kwd> Congenital acyanotic heart disease.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
