Emergent off-pump complete myocardial revascularization in dextrocardia.

Abstract

Dextrocardia is a rare condition not spared by coronary artery disease. We report the case of a 72-year-old patient with dextrocardia associated with situs inversus totalis who presented to our Institution with acute myocardial infarction complicated by congestive heart failure. Due to the severe general conditions of the patient, an emergent off-pump complete myocardial revascularization was undertaken. The patient tolerated the procedure well and was asymptomatic at discharge. The technical aspects encountered in the setting of mirror-image anatomy and the advantages of off-pump myocardial revascularization in the critically ill patient are discussed.

• Authors: G Bonanomi, D Kostov, M A Zenati
• Journal: The Journal of cardiovascular surgery (J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino)) Vol. 45 Issue 1 Pg. 31-3 (Feb 2004) ISSN: 0021-9509 [Print] Italy
• PMID: 15041933 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Acute Disease
• Aged
• Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
• Cardiac Catheterization
• Cardiopulmonary Bypass
• Coronary Artery Bypass (methods)
• Coronary Disease (diagnosis, etiology, physiopathology, surgery)
• Dextrocardia (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Echocardiography
• Electrocardiography
• Emergencies
• Female
• Heart Failure (diagnosis, etiology)
• Hepatitis C, Chronic (etiology)
• Humans
• Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary (etiology)
• Hypertension (etiology)
• Kidney Failure, Chronic (etiology)
• Myocardial Infarction (diagnosis, etiology, surgery)
• Radiography
• Saphenous Vein (transplantation)
• Situs Inversus (complications, diagnostic imaging)
• Stroke Volume
• Treatment Outcome
• Ventricular Dysfunction, Left (etiology)