Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Function Before and After Surgery in Patients with Pectus Excavatum and Right Ventricular Compression - Concepedia

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Echocardiographic Assessment of Right Ventricular Function Before and After Surgery in Patients with Pectus Excavatum and Right Ventricular Compression

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2013

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Bülent Aydemir, Şükrü Aksoy, Haldun Akgöz, Aydın Rodi Tosu, Dilaver Öz, Barış Güngör, Hale Yılmaz, Osman Bolca, Ufuk Gürkan

The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon

Abstract

RV function significantly improved after corrective surgery. Quantitative echocardiographic examination provides accurate estimation when deciding for corrective surgery and also should be used in the assessment of postoperative improvement.