Most infants and children are symptomatic.
Mitral valve prolapse is uncommonly associated with this disorder.
Operative repair does not improve cardiac index at rest or during exercise.
Asthma and recurrent pulmonary infections are uncommon.
Pulmonary function tests can document obstructive pulmonary findings.
Question 2: Which of the following statements is true regarding chest wall anomalies?
The heart is displaced into the cervical region in patients with a superior sternal cleft.
Patients with Cantrell's pentalogy can undergo single-stage repair all defects.
Poland's syndrome results in severe ipsilateral physical disability due to muscular and bony hypoplasia.
Sternectomy is the treatment of choice for neonatal Jeune's disease.
Pectus carinatum typically presents as protrusion of the manubrium due to sternal synostosis.
Question 3: Which of the following statements is true regarding chest wall tumors?
Incisional biopsy will reliably diagnose most primary tumors.
A 2-cm margin is adequately wide for resection of a chest wall tumor.
Posterior chest wall defects greater than 5 cm should be reconstructed using prosthetic material.
Overall 5-year survival for resection of primary chest wall tumors is about 50%.
Recurrent tumors can be excised with good long-term results.
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