While feeling relentless chest pressure that stole his breath, 28-year-old Chris Soto, feared something was terribly wrong.

Pectus excavatum is the most common congenital deformity of the sternum and anterior chest wall. The cosmetic disfigurement of pectus excavatum may sometimes be accompanied by impaired cardiac or ...

Pectus excavatum is a type of chest wall deformity. It causes your chest to look sunken or indented. This sunken shape is why people sometimes call the condition funnel chest. Pectus excavatum causes ...

Current evidence on the safety and efficacy of placement of pectus bar for pectus excavatum (also known as MIRPE [minimally invasive repair of pectus excavatum] or the Nuss procedure) is adequate to ...

Up to 4% of all infants are born with a structural or genetic difference — often called a congenital abnormality — that can alter how the body looks or functions. Pectus excavatum is the most common ...