Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of biventricular changes during vacuum bell correction of pectus excavatum | Zendy

Lorenzo Monti | Zendy; Orsola Montini | Zendy; Emanuele Voulaz | Zendy; Marie Maagaard | Zendy; Emanuela Morenghi | Zendy; Hans K. Pilegaard | Zendy; Maurizio Infante | Zendy

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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance assessment of biventricular changes during vacuum bell correction of pectus excavatum

Author(s) -

Lorenzo Monti,

Orsola Montini,

Emanuele Voulaz,

Marie Maagaard,

Emanuela Morenghi,

Hans K. Pilegaard,

Maurizio Infante

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

journal of thoracic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.682

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 2077-6624

pISSN - 2072-1439

DOI - 10.21037/jtd.2019.12.41

Subject(s) - medicine , pectus excavatum , cardiac magnetic resonance imaging , ejection fraction , cardiology , magnetic resonance imaging , stroke volume , deformity , cardiac magnetic resonance , cardiac function curve , heart failure , surgery , radiology

Evidence of cardiac dysfunction in patients with pectus excavatum (PE) remains controversial. A growing number of studies report increased exercise tolerance following surgery. Nevertheless, many consider the correction of PE a cosmetic intervention, with post-operative changes ascribed to the concurrent growth of the young patient population. No studies have investigated non-invasively the immediate cardiac changes following relief of the deformity. The aim of this study was to assess cardiac function before and during temporary sternal elevation using the non-invasive vacuum bell (VB) device on young adults with PE.

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