Severe pectus excavatum associated with cor pulmonale and chronic respiratory acidosis in a young woman

Chest

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1957-1961

  Theerthakarai, Ravichandran ^a   El Halees, Walid ^a   Javadpoor, Seyed ^a   Khan, M Anees ^b  

^a St Joseph's Paterson Medical Center   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alveolar hypoventilation; Cor pulmonale; Pectus excavatum; Respiratory failure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COR PULMONALE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCOLIOSIS; THORAX DEFORMITY;

EID: 0034890519     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.119.6.1957     Document Type: Article

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