Cardiac Cachexia Caused by Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in a Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum.
- Author:
Sun Mie YIM
1
;
Hyun Ji CHUN
;
Su Jung KIM
;
Kyung Yoon CHANG
;
Kyu Young CHOI
;
Jae Hyung KIM
;
Eun Joo CHO
Author Information
1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin, Seoul, Korea. choej10@yahoo.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cachexia;
Funnel chest;
Ventricular dysfunction, Right
- MeSH:
Cachexia;
Funnel Chest;
Heart Ventricles;
Humans;
Sternum;
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2012;83(5):637-640
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
External compression of the right ventricle (RV) due to a depressed sternum in patients with pectus excavatum is uncommon. Moreover, mid-RV obstruction-induced cachexia rarely occurs in patients with pectus excavatum. We report a case of cardiac cachexia caused by significant RV compression in a patient with pectus excavatum.
