Symptomatic Pectus Excavatum in Seniors: An Exploratory Study on Clinical Presentation and Incidence in Daily Practice

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="center" colspan="2">Characteristics</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">History</td><td align="left">Shortness of breath, palpitations (after exercise or postural), and chronic fatigue</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Physical examination</td><td align="left">Deformity of the sternum</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Electrocardiography</td><td align="left">Ventricular extrasystoles and/or atrioventricular nodal tachycardia</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Hypothesis</td><td align="left">No adequate other explanation</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Signs and symptoms of symptomatic pectus excavatum in seniors (SPES) [<a href="/journals/isrn/2013/373059/#B1">1</a>–<a href="/journals/isrn/2013/373059/#B5">5</a>].

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Table 1: Symptomatic Pectus Excavatum in Seniors: An Exploratory Study on Clinical Presentation and Incidence in Daily Practice 