First things first, your blackouts are not caused by your pectus. They are mutually exclusive. You need to have a resting echocardiogram and
probably in addition have a stress echocardiogram that looks very close at your valves. The stress echo should also have you hooked up to a heart
monitor so if your blacking out is being caused by some sort of arrythmia such as ventricular tachycardia or SVT, they'll catch it. Two birds, one
stone. Blacking out could be a symptom of a serious underlying problem. I would schedule an appointment with a cardiologist and have them
investigate this first. Also, It's not really uncommon for people with pectus ex. to also have some sort of heart problems like dilated aortas,
mitral valve prolapse or bicuspid aortic valves. So please get that checked out.
As for you PE and surgery, from the pics it looks like you probably have moderate PE (based on Haller index), however it looks more mild because it's
symetrical, narrow and you have nice muscular development of your chest muscles. I think you would be a candidate for surgery, particularly if you
have other symptoms like decreased exercise tolerance and psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression.
Read up on here, lots of info about getting nussed in UK and NHS funding.
Good luck. I'd recommend toning down your workouts until you figure out what is causing your black out spells. I'd stay away from squats and dead
lifts for sure and probably keep my heart rate in an aerobic range.
" Whatever you have, you must make the most of it. Rest assured that you can
transform yourself, no matter where you started from. The most important body part is
the mind.”
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