Funnel Chest

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Abnormalities of the chest wall in pediatric patients. 
  • Anterior chest wall: frequency of anatomic variations in children. 
  • Assessment of potential confounders when imaging pectus excavatum with chest radiography alone. 
  • Defining the role of chest radiography in determining candidacy for pectus excavatum repair. 
  • Evaluation of pectus bar position and osseous bone formation. 
  • Imaging appearances of the sternum and sternoclavicular joints. 
  • Noninvasive assessment of exercise cardiac function before and after pectus excavatum repair. 
  • Reply: To PMID 24582050. 
  • The case for using the correction index obtained from chest radiography for evaluation of pectus excavatum. 
  • The correction index: setting the standard for recommending operative repair of pectus excavatum.