Clinical Study
Symptomatic Pectus Excavatum in Seniors: An Exploratory Study on Clinical Presentation and Incidence in Daily Practice
Table 3
Prevalence of pectus excavatum (PE) in an analysis of 159122 chest X-rays in the period of January 2004 until September 2007.
| Ordered by | Atrium MC Heerlen | MUMC | X-rays | PE | Prevalence | X-rays | PE | Prevalence |
| GP | 19048 | 45 | 0.24% (1 in 400) | 14646 | 35 | 0.24% (1 in 400) | Cardiologist | 23835 | 38 | 0.16% (1 in 600) | 2871 | 5 | 0.17% (1 in 600) | Lung specialist | 44764 | 18 | 0.04% (1 in 2500) | Unknown | ā | ā | Others | 45352 | 24 | 0.05% (1 in 2000) | 8607 | 14 | 0.16% (1 in 600) | Overall | 132999 | 125 | 0.09% (1 in 1000) | 26124 | 54 | 0.21% (1 in 500) |
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