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Pectus Excavatum: Uncommon Electrical Abnormalities Caused by Extrinsic Right Ventricular Compression
Author(s) -
CHAN WAH HAK YEESEN,
LIM YEONGPHANG,
LIEW REGINALD,
HSU LIFERN
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/jce.12336
Subject(s) - pectus excavatum , medicine , ventricular tachycardia , cardiology , deformity , supraventricular tachycardia , tachycardia , surgery
Pectus Excavatum We report a case of pectus excavatum associated with ventricular tachycardia provoked by exercise in a 19‐year‐old man. Although this chest deformity has been associated with supraventricular dysrhythmias, documented ventricular tachycardia has only been reported once. Our patient's ventricular dysrhythmia was treated by surgical correction of his pectus excavatum only, and at 3 years follow‐up he has had no recurrence of his ventricular tachycardia.