Unexpected death of a middle-aged man with severe pectus excavatum in association with pulmonary emboli

• Main Authors: Mayumi Kataoka (Author), Hidenori Yoshizawa (Author), Kanako Kobayashi (Author), Keita Sakurai (Author), Keiko Matsuno (Author), Yoshiteru Tamura (Author), Satomu Morita (Author), Hideyuki Maeda (Author), Ken-ichi Yoshida (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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On a mid-summer day, a middle-aged man with severe pectus excavatum died unexpectedly in his bed one to two weeks after the onset of dyspnea, which had been followed by bedrest and restricted drinking and eating. Computed tomography (CT) and autopsy demonstrated an eccentrically hypertrophied heart...