Takao syndrome

Takao syndrome


Takao syndrome


Takao syndrome is also called as


[A] Scimitar Syndrome
[B] Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
[C] CHARGE Syndrome
[D] DiGeorge syndrome



Takao syndrome


Takao syndrome



Takao syndrome also called as

  1. DiGeorge anomaly
  2. velocardiofacial syndrome
  3. Shprintzen syndrome
  4. conotruncal anomaly face syndrome
  5. DiGeorge syndrome

CATCH-22 – Salient features

  1. Cardiac abnormality
  2. Abnormal facies
  3. Thymic aplasia or hypoplasia
  4. Cleft palate
  5. Hypocalcemia/hypoparathyroidism early in life

Cardiac abnormality – Most commonly

  1. Interrupted aortic arch
  2. Truncus arteriosus
  3. Tetralogy of Fallot

Most common congenital heart defects are called conotruncal lesions and include interrupted aortic arch, truncus arteriosus, tetralogy of Fallot, and ventricular septal defects