title: [A 59 year-old patient with acute anterolateral myocardial infarction, complicated by cardiogenic shock, with chest wall deformity caused by Heine-Medin disease].
abstract: We report a case of a 59 year-old patient in a condition of acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation, in a cardiogenic  shock, with multiple cardiac arrests in mechanism of ventricular fibrillation with a significant chest wall deformity caused by  Heine-Medin disease in childhood. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of a patient in critical condition with  a considerable pectus deformity after poliomyelitis who needed to undergo cardiovascular angioplasty. Although severe  patient's condition and numerous difficulties during percutaneous coronary intervention, therapy was successful.
authors.affiliation: II Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii, Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Łódź.
authors.forename: Agata
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arazińska
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kręcki
authors.forename: Jarosław D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Kasprzak
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000379:methods; D056988:Anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011051:Poliomyelitis / Q000150:complications*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014693:Ventricular Fibrillation / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy