Abstract
We report a case of a 13-year old girl with pectus excavatum who had a Nuss procedure
and two years later a new cardiac murmur appeared which on investigation was diagnosed
as supravalvular pulmonary artery stenosis. Following removal of the Nuss bar the
stenosis resolved.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
September 28,
2012
Received in revised form:
September 26,
2012
Received:
June 18,
2012
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© 2012 Elsevier Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
