Figure 1. Chest computed tomography showing that the patient’s enlarged heart was pushed leftward by the narrowed chest cavity caused by the pectus excavatum, and his heart “wedged” into the left cavity, causing almost complete occupancy of the left thoracic cavity by the heart and a disturbance in left lung expansion.

From: Hypercapnia Induced by Pectus Excavatum and Cardiomegaly

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