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Surgical repair of pectus excavatum relieves right heart chamber compression and improves cardiac output in adult patients—an intraoperative transesophageal echocardiographic study
Chieh-Ju Chao ,
Dawn E. Jaroszewski ,
Preetham N. Kumar ,
MennatAllah M. Ewais ,
Christopher P. Appleton ,
Farouk Mookadam ,
Michael B. Gotway ,
Tasneem Z. Naqvi
December 2015
December 2015
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Abstract
Cardiac compression in pectus excavatum (PE) deformity and effect of PE surgery on
cardiac function in adults have been debated. We examined the effect of PE correction
on right heart size and cardiac output.