Eyes wide shut - unusual two stage repair of pectus excavatum and annuloaortic ectasia in a 37 year old marfan patient: case report

<p>Abstract</p> <p>We report about a 37 year old male patient with a pectus excavatum. The patient was in NYHA functional class III. After performed computed tomography the symptoms were thought to be related to the severity of chest deformation. A Ravitch-procedure had been accomp...

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Main Authors: Barriuso Clemente, Campelos Paula, Grapow Martin TR, Mulet Jaume
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/64