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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.
Review
2010
Review
2010
Current Management of Pectus Excavatum: A Review and Update of Therapy and Treatment Recommendations
Pectus excavatum (PE) is a posterior depression of the sternum and adjacent costal cartilages and is frequently seen by primary… 
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
Review
2002
Review
2002
Experience and modification update for the minimally invasive Nuss technique for pectus excavatum repair in 303 patients.
PURPOSE The aim of this study is to review the new technical modifications and results of 303 patients who have had pectus… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Chest wall resections and reconstruction: a 25-year experience.
Review
1998
Review
1998
A 10-year review of a minimally invasive technique for the correction of pectus excavatum.
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… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Use of CT scans in selection of patients for pectus excavatum surgery: a preliminary report.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Vascular pathology of homocysteinemia: implications for the pathogenesis of arteriosclerosis.
  • K. Mccully
  • The American journal of pathology
  • 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… 
Highly Cited
1949
Highly Cited
1949
THE OPERATIVE TREATMENT OF PECTUS EXCAVATUM
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