Complete congenital sternal cleft associated with pectus excavatum

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 206-209

  Sarper, Alpay ^a   Oz, Necdet ^b   Arslan, Gokhan ^a   Demircan, Abid ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Antalya State Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Funnel chest; Pericardium abnormalities; Sternum abnormalities; Sternum surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STERNAL CLEFT; STERNUM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURE; THORAX MALFORMATION; THORAX SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; STERNUM; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VALSALVA MANEUVER;

EID: 0036036594     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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