Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8669895 Journal of the Saudi Heart Association 2017 4 Pages PDF
Abstract
Pectus excavatum (PEXT) consists of an overgrowth of the chondral region with posterior displacement of the inferior part of the sternum, resulting in a concave chest deformity. Characteristic clinical and imaging findings may occur, depending on the compression that right cardiac chambers suffer, when squeezed between the sternum and the column vertebrae.
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