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Congenital pectus excavatum

Known as: disorders excavatum pectus, Excavatum, Pectus, Chest, Funnel 
A developmental anomaly in which the lower sternum is posteriorly dislocated and concavely deformed, resulting in a funnel-shaped thorax.
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
Current electrocardiographic criteria for diagnosis of Brugada pattern: a consensus report.
Brugada syndrome is an inherited heart disease without structural abnormalities that is thought to arise as a result of… Expand
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Three new datasets supporting use of the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS-11) for children’s self-reports of pain intensity
ABSTRACT Despite wide usage of the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for self‐report of pain intensity in clinical practice with… Expand
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2009
Review
2009
Anatomical, histologic, and genetic characteristics of congenital chest wall deformities.
There is a large and diverse group of congenital abnormalities of the thorax that manifest as deformities and/or defects of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Classification of the dysmorphology of pectus excavatum.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE To describe the dysmorphology of pectus excavatum, the most common congenital chest wall anomaly. METHODS A… Expand
Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Fibulin-4: a novel gene for an autosomal recessive cutis laxa syndrome.
Cutis laxa is a condition characterized by redundant, pendulous, and inelastic skin. We identified a patient with recessive… Expand
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Pectus excavatum repair: experience with standard and minimal invasive techniques.
BACKGROUND/PURPOSE The Nuss procedure is a minimally invasive pectus repair that helps avoid cartilage resection and osteotomy… Expand
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Blocking and isolation of a calcium channel from neurons in mammals and cephalopods utilizing a toxin fraction (FTX) from funnel-web spider poison.
A Ca2+-channel blocker derived from funnel-web spider toxin (FTX) has made it possible to define and study the ionic channels… Expand
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Use of CT scans in selection of patients for pectus excavatum surgery: a preliminary report.
A pectus index can be derived from dividing the transverse diameter of the chest by the anterior-posterior diameter on a simple… Expand
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Vascular pathology of homocysteinemia: implications for the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis.
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  • 1969
    • Corpus ID: 8960278
NDiviDuAI with homocystinuria 12 have been found to lack normal activity of the enzyme cystathionine synthetase.3 In many of the… Expand
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Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM
 
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