title: Induced Pectus Carinatum.
abstract: During the surgical repair of a truncus arteriosus with aortic arch interruption and pulmonary artery origin stenosis, a Contegra conduit was implanted as part of reconstruction of the pulmonary artery in a small infant. There was a mismatch between the conduit size and the patient that resulted in protrusion of the conduit between the sternal edges. To accommodate the conduit inside the thoracic cavity, traction was applied to the sternum that was gradually released over a period of time guided by transesophageal echocardiography-derived cardiac output data, as well as continuous hemodynamic parameters. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12734 (J Card Surg 2016;31:357-360).
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anesthesia, National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Madan Mohan
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Maddali
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valliattu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Pranav Subbaraya
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Kandachar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Eapen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anesthesia, National Heart Center, Royal Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
authors.forename: Arora Ram
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Nishant
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D066166:Pectus Carinatum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D013905:Thoracoplasty / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome