Pectus Excavatum and Right Ventricular Compression in a Young Athlete with Syncope

Am J Med. 2018 Nov;131(11):e451-e453. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.07.033. Epub 2018 Aug 1.

Authors

Alejandro E De Feria¹, Navkaranbir S Bajaj¹, Donna M Polk¹, Akshay S Desai¹, Ron Blankstein¹, Muthiah Vaduganathan²

Affiliations

¹ Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
² Brigham and Women's Hospital Heart & Vascular Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. Electronic address: mvaduganathan@bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 30076820
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2018.07.033

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Athletes*
Female
Funnel Chest / complications*
Funnel Chest / pathology
Humans
Syncope / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / complications*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis*

Grants and funding

T32 HL007604/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States