Korean J Med.
2012 Nov;83(5):637-640.
Cardiac Cachexia Caused by Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in a Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum
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- 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin, Seoul, Korea. choej10@yahoo.co.kr
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.
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