- Euan Russell was born with pectus excavatum – an abnormal development of the rib cage where the breastbone caves in
- He was targeted by bullies causing him to research a cosmetic operation
- In September 2011, at 15, he had a metal bar inserted to correct the dip
- But months later he was diagnosed with inflammation of the heart sac
- A year later he noticed his heart was making a strange noise
- He said doctors told him the bar had ‘flipped around and gone into his heart’
- ‘My heart was growing around the bar and if it moved a centimetre to the right or to the left I could have died,’ he said
- He underwent an emergency heart bypass operation to remove the barÂ
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A teenager plagued by bullies over a dip in his chest claims he nearly died when doctors found his heart had started to grow around a metal bar inserted to disguise his sunken chest.
Euan Russell opted for the cosmetic procedure to have the bar fitted when he was 15 years old.
But when his heart started to beat ‘like a slush machine’, Euan claims doctors found his heart was growing around the metal and was just one centimetre away from killing him.
Euan said he underwent the first ever emergency surgery to remove a metal bar from the heart, miraculously surviving the 16-hour heart bypass operation.
Euan Russell, 18, was bullied over a severe dip in his breastbone. Determined to beat the bullies he opted for a cosmetic procedure to have a metal bar fitted to correct the dip. But he claims after noticing an irregular heartbeat, doctors told him his heart had started to grow around the metal bar leaving him close to death
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