Pectus excavatum: Echocardiography and cardiac MRI reveal frequent pericardial effusion and right-sided heart anomalies

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 673-679

  Oezcan, S ^a   Attenhofer Jost, C H ^a   Pfyffer, M ^a   Kellenberger, C ^b   Jenni, R ^c   Binggeli, C ^a   Faeh Gunz, A ^a   Seifert, B ^d   Scharf, C ^a   Kretschmar, O ^b   Valsangiacomo Buechel, E R ^b  

^a KLINIK IM PARK   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Echocardiography; Pectus excavatum; Pericardial effusion; Right ventricle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE DYSPLASIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE SYSTOLIC FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION ANOMALY; HUMAN; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNNEL CHEST; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84866262078     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jer284     Document Type: Article

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