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http://dx.doi.org/10.3904/kjm.2012.83.5.637

Cardiac Cachexia Caused by Right Ventricular Outflow Tract Obstruction in a Patient With Severe Pectus Excavatum  

Yim, Sun Mie (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
Chun, Hyun Ji (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
Kim, Su Jung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
Chang, Kyung Yoon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
Choi, Kyu Young (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
Kim, Jae Hyung (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
Cho, Eun Joo (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicin)
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The Korean Journal of Medicine / v.83, no.5, 2012 , pp. 637-640 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Cachexia; Funnel chest; Ventricular dysfunction, Right;
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