Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in an octogenarian with situs inversus and dextrocardia: report of a case.

Abstract

Dextrocardia associated with situs inversus totalis is a rare condition. A small number of patients with the condition have been reported after undergoing myocardial revascularization. We experienced a case of this rare disorder in an 83-year-old man. He was successfully treated by off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with bilateral internal thoracic arteries and a saphenous vein. Except for the mirror-image anatomy, the surgical technique was similar to that used for a patient with situs solitus.

• Authors: Hiroaki Takahashi, Kenji Okada, Masamichi Matsumori, Yutaka Okita
• Journal: Surgery today (Surg Today) Vol. 41 Issue 8 Pg. 1130-2 (Aug 2011) ISSN: 1436-2813 [Electronic] Japan
• PMID: 21773905 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Age Factors
• Aged, 80 and over
• Coronary Artery Bypass
• Dextrocardia (complications, pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Situs Inversus (complications, pathology, surgery)