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Hyperactive Chest Appearance

MedGen UID:
1713975
•Concept ID:
C5238740
•
Finding
Synonym: Hyperactive Thoracic Appearance

Definition

Inspection of the region of the anterior surface of the chest and epigastrium reveals a highly or excessively active or hyperkinetic apical impulse. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVHyperactive Chest Appearance

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Patent arterial duct.
Forsey JT, Elmasry OA, Martin RP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 10;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-17. PMID: 19591690Free PMC Article
Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University.
Blank S, Le D, Hemnes A
Am J Med 2004 Jul 1;117(1):55-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.05.003. PMID: 15210389
The prognosis of severe bronchial asthma in childhood on the basis of late reexaminations.
Cserháti E, Mezei G, Kelemen J, Póder G, Kiss AG
Acta Paediatr Acad Sci Hung 1982;23(4):473-82. PMID: 7170956

Diagnosis

Beating their chests: University students with ADHD demonstrate greater attentional abilities on an inattentional blindness paradigm.
Grossman ES, Hoffman YS, Berger I, Zivotofsky AZ
Neuropsychology 2015 Nov;29(6):882-7. Epub 2015 Mar 2 doi: 10.1037/neu0000189. PMID: 25730730
Patent arterial duct.
Forsey JT, Elmasry OA, Martin RP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 10;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-17. PMID: 19591690Free PMC Article
Age-related normal variants of sternal uptake on bone scintigraphy.
Kakhki VD, Zakavi SR
Clin Nucl Med 2006 Feb;31(2):63-7. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000195916.67925.42. PMID: 16424686
Cases from the Osler Medical Service at Johns Hopkins University.
Blank S, Le D, Hemnes A
Am J Med 2004 Jul 1;117(1):55-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.05.003. PMID: 15210389
Lethal short-limbed chondrodysplasia in early infancy.
Yang SS, Heidelberger KP, Brough AJ, Corbett DP, Bernstein J
Perspect Pediatr Pathol 1976;3:1-40. PMID: 972830

Therapy

Atrial septostomy decreases sympathetic overactivity in pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Ciarka A, Vachièry JL, Houssière A, Gujic M, Stoupel E, Velez-Roa S, Naeije R, van de Borne P
Chest 2007 Jun;131(6):1831-7. Epub 2007 Mar 30 doi: 10.1378/chest.06-2903. PMID: 17400672
Age-related normal variants of sternal uptake on bone scintigraphy.
Kakhki VD, Zakavi SR
Clin Nucl Med 2006 Feb;31(2):63-7. doi: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000195916.67925.42. PMID: 16424686

Prognosis

Patent arterial duct.
Forsey JT, Elmasry OA, Martin RP
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2009 Jul 10;4:17. doi: 10.1186/1750-1172-4-17. PMID: 19591690Free PMC Article
The prognosis of severe bronchial asthma in childhood on the basis of late reexaminations.
Cserháti E, Mezei G, Kelemen J, Póder G, Kiss AG
Acta Paediatr Acad Sci Hung 1982;23(4):473-82. PMID: 7170956

Clinical prediction guides

The prognosis of severe bronchial asthma in childhood on the basis of late reexaminations.
Cserháti E, Mezei G, Kelemen J, Póder G, Kiss AG
Acta Paediatr Acad Sci Hung 1982;23(4):473-82. PMID: 7170956

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