Current management of pectus excavatum: A review and update of therapy and treatment recommendations

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 230-239

  Jaroszewski, Dawn E ^a   Notrica, David ^b   McMahon, Lisa ^b   Steidley, D Eric ^a   Deschamps, Claude ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disorders; Chest wall deformities; Congenital defects; Connective tissue; Musculoskeletal; Pectus excavatum; Review

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

AORTA; BODY IMAGE; BONE REMODELING; BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ENDURANCE; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; FUNNEL CHEST; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART BLOCK; HEART BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; IMPLANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG VOLUME; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSTRUCTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RIB CARTILAGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPINE; STERNUM; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX WALL; TIDAL VOLUME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS RETURN; VITAL CAPACITY; WOLFF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ESTHETICS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949505425     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.02.090234     Document Type: Review

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