A 35 year old athlete has height 184 cm., arm span 194 cm., pulse rate 64/min., BP 148/64 mm Hg. Chest auscultation reveals long diastolic murmur over right 2nd intercostal space on routine examination. The probable diagnosis is :
Answer is A (A.R.): Arm span greater than height is suggestive of Marfan's syndrome. Aoic regurgitation (A.R.) is a feature associated with Marfans as well as consistent with a diastolic murmur is second right intercostal space.
Aoic regurgitation
Atrial septal defect
Ebstein anomaly
Coarctation of aoa