title: Pectus excavatum: uncommon electrical abnormalities caused by extrinsic right ventricular compression.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Yee-Sen
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Chan Wah Hak
authors.forename: Yeong-Phang
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Reginald
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liew
authors.forename: Li-Fern
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Hsu
mesh_terms: D005660:Funnel Chest / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: exercise induced arrhythmia; pectus excavation; surgery; ventricular tachycardia