TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Funnel Chest on Cardiac Function
AU - Gattiker, Harry F.
AU - Epstein, Stephen E.
AU - Goldstein, Robert E.
AU - Beiser, G. David
PY - 1973/1/11
Y1 - 1973/1/11
N2 - To the Editor: Although I agree with Dr. Beiser's findings (N Engl J Med 287:267–272, 1972) I should like to take issue with his Statement that “no consistent hemodynamic abnormalities have been identified” in patients with pectus excavatum. At least two previous reports in the literature1, 2 came essentially to the same conclusions as Dr. Beiser — namely, that the stroke volume of many patients with pectus excavatum is abnormally low during exercise in the sitting position, but normal during exercise in the supine position. In addition, one finds in these two articles a report on a noninvasive technic used to.
AB - To the Editor: Although I agree with Dr. Beiser's findings (N Engl J Med 287:267–272, 1972) I should like to take issue with his Statement that “no consistent hemodynamic abnormalities have been identified” in patients with pectus excavatum. At least two previous reports in the literature1, 2 came essentially to the same conclusions as Dr. Beiser — namely, that the stroke volume of many patients with pectus excavatum is abnormally low during exercise in the sitting position, but normal during exercise in the supine position. In addition, one finds in these two articles a report on a noninvasive technic used to.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM197301112880213
DO - 10.1056/NEJM197301112880213
M3 - Letter
C2 - 4681966
AN - SCOPUS:0015920455
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 288
SP - 104
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 2
ER -