title: Treating heart failure and dyspnea in a 78-year-old man with surgical correction of pectus excavatum.
abstract: Reports documenting the cardiopulmonary significance of pectus excavatum are limited, and there remains a lack of consensus as to whether surgical repair can improve function. We present a case of pectus excavatum deformity and heart failure. Surgical repair was performed with significant improvement of performance and heart function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona 85054, USA. jaroszewski.dawn@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaroszewski
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Steidley
authors.forename: Arcenio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galindo
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Arabia
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002607:Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease / Q000150:complications; D004452:Echocardiography; D005080:Exercise Test; D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*