Table 3

Cardiac function

	Pectus excavatum (n=30)	P value	Pectus carinatum (n=46)	P value
Left ventricle
TDV	0.20 (±1.24)	0.39	0.24 (±1.31)	0.21
TSV	0.90 (±1.44)	0.002	0.46 (±1.33)	0.03
CI	−1.07 (±0.76)	<0.0001	−0.82 (±1.03)	<0.0001
EF	−0.88 (±0.90)	<0.0001	−0.51 (±1.05)	0.002
TDMM	−0.13 (±0.92)	0.44	0.15 (±0.95)	0.19
Right ventricle
TDV	0.57 (±1.65)	0.07	0.33 (±1.35)	0.10
TSV	1.49 (±1.73)	<0.0001	0.71 (±1.29)	0.0005
CI	−1.11 (±0.76)	<0.0001	−0.86 (±1.07)	<0.0001
EF	−1.81 (±1.10)	<0.0001	−0.82 (±1.42)	0.0003

Results are expressed in Z score; mean (±SD).
P values express the difference between the analysed group and the reference values.
CI, Cardiac Index; EF, ejection fraction; TDMM, telediastolic myocardic mass; TDV, telediastolic volume; TSV, telesystolic volume.