Minimally-invasive coronary surgery in dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Dec;11(6):820-1. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.243881. Epub 2010 Sep 16.

Abstract

Dextrocardia associated to situs inversus totalis is a rare congenital conditions (prevalence of 1:10,000) in which the organs are located in a symmetric or mirror position in the opposite side of the body. These individuals usually have a normal life expectancy and the same propensity to develop ischaemic coronary disease as the general population. We report a case of a 59-year-old female patient with a single-vessel obstructive coronary disease successfully resolved via a right anterior small thoracotomy on a beating-heart using the right internal thoracic artery as a conduit for 'left' anterior descending coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump*
  • Coronary Stenosis / complications
  • Coronary Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Coronary Stenosis / surgery*
  • Dextrocardia / complications*
  • Dextrocardia / diagnostic imaging
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis*
  • Middle Aged
  • Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Situs Inversus / complications*
  • Situs Inversus / diagnostic imaging
  • Thoracotomy*
  • Treatment Outcome