Pectus excavatum: echocardiography and cardiac MRI reveal frequent pericardial effusion and right-sided heart anomalies.

Aims: In patients with pectus excavatum (PEX), echocardiographic assessment can be difficult. There are little data on the impact of the chest deformity on echocardiographic findings and comparison of data obtained by echocardiography (echo) with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) in PEX.

Methods And Results: In a prospective study, cardiac anomalies in PEX were analysed by echo and compared with CMR in consecutive patients with PEX referred for echo.