CARDIAC DISPLACEMENT IN PECTUS EXCAVATUM
Authors: A VOGL, P ELSBACH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1957)

Case Reports1 July 1957CARDIAC DISPLACEMENT IN PECTUS EXCAVATUMALFRED VOGL, M.D., F.A.C.P., PETER ELSBACH, M.D.ALFRED VOGL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, PETER ELSBACH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-47-1-145 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDisplacement of the heart is most often encountered as the result of an asymmetric expansion or shrinkage of intrathoracic structures, most often in the presence of a large pleural effusion or of massive collapse of a lung. Cardiac displacement occurs less often due to gross deformity of the bony parts of the chest, the sternum, ribs or spine. Such displacement is inevitable if the sternovertebral distance becomes shorter than the sagittal diameter of the heart. A reduction of such a degree is rarely caused by deformation of the thorax through trauma or acquired disease of the bony parts, but is...Bibliography1. BrownCook ALO: Cardiorespiratory studies in pre- and post-operative funnel chest, Dis. of Chest 20: 387, 1951. Google Scholar2. Bigger IA: The treatment of pectus excavatum or funnel chest, Am. Surgeon 18: 1071, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Carr JG: Trichterbrust and cardiac disease, Mod. Concepts Cardiovasc. Dis. 7: No. 2, 1938. Google Scholar4. Dailey JE: Repair of funnel chest, J. A. M. A. 150: 1203, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. DresslerRoesler WH: Electrocardiographic changes in funnel chest, Am. Heart J. 40: 877, 1950. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar6. Edling WP: The radiologic appearance of the heart, esophagus and lungs in funnel chest deformity, Acta radiol. 39: 273, 1953. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. Evans W: The heart in sternal depression, Brit. Heart J. 8: 162, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. FaivreFrenkielPernotHueber G: Le coeur des dépressions sternales congénitales, Arch. d. mal. du cœur 47: 322, 1954. MedlineGoogle Scholar9. Gunther H: Flachbruestigkeit als Konstitutionsanomalie unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Trichterbrust, Ztschr. f. Tuberk. 97: 37, 1951. Google Scholar10. Groedel FM: Das Verhalten des Herzens bei kongenitaler Trichterbrust, München. med. Wchnschr. 58: 684, 1911. Google Scholar11. Lester CW: Funnel chest and allied deformities of the thoracic cage, J. Thoracic Surg. 19: 507, 1950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12. Lester CW: The surgical treatment of funnel chest, Ann. Surg. 123: 1003, 1946. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. McKusick VA: Heritable disorders of connective tissue. III. The Marfan syndrome, J. Chron. Dis. 2: 609, 1956. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. McKusick VA: The cardiovascular aspects of Marfan's syndrome, Circulation 11: 321, 1955. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar15. OchsnerDeBakey AM: Chone-chondrosternon; report of a case and review of literature, J. Thoracic Surg. 8: 469, 1939. CrossrefGoogle Scholar16. Ravitch MM: Pectus excavatum and heart failure, Surgery 30: 178, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar17. Ravitch MM: Unusual sternal deformity with cardiac symptoms, J. Thoracic Surg. 23: 138, 1952. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. Rees-Davies PE: Pectus excavatum, J. Internat. Coll. Surgeons 18: 731, 1952. MedlineGoogle Scholar19. SchaubWegmann FT: Elektrokardiographische Veraenderungen bei Trichterbrust, Cardiologia 24: 39, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar20. Sweet RH: Pectus excavatum. Report of two cases successfully operated upon, Ann. Surg. 119: 922, 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar21. WegmannSchaub TF: Die klinische Bedeutung der Trichterbrust, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr. 83: 986, 1953. MedlineGoogle Scholar22. WoodsOverholtBolton FMRHHE: Pectus excavatum, Dis. of Chest 22: 274, 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication February 29, 1956.From the New York University College of Medicine and the Third Medical Division of Bellevue Hospital, New York, N. Y.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Alfred Vogl, M.D., 1165 Park Avenue, New York 28, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byStudies on the Viruses of Solanaceous Vegetables in Japan.Röntgendiagnostik der AtemorganeDie Trichterbrust 1 July 1957Volume 47, Issue 1Page: 145-152KeywordsHeartHospital medicineLungsPleural effusionRibsSpineSternumThorax ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 July 1957 PDF downloadLoading ...