Korean Circ J.  1997 Aug;27(8):876-880. 10.4070/kcj.1997.27.8.876.

A Case of Acute Myocardial Infraction in Patients with Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus Treated by Percutaneous Translumnal Coronary Angioplasty

• Jeong JJ
• Kim CJ
• Kim HY
• Yoon IJ
• Chung WS
• Seung KB
• Rho TH
• Chae JS
• Kim JH
• Hong SJ
• Choi KB

• KMID: 1543082
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1997.27.8.876

Abstract

Dextrocardia with situs inversus is a rare congenital anomaly of development involving a left-handed malrotation of the visceral organs which affects approximately 1:10,000 patients. It is known that the prevalence of coronary atherosclerosis in patients with dextrocardia is similar to that of the general population. Successful coronary angiography and coronary angioplasty have previously been reported in patients with dextrocardia, but to our knowledge no report exist of a successful coronary angioplasty in a patient with dextrocardia with situs inversus in Korea. We performed a successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty of an infarct-related vessel in a acute myocardial infarction patient with dextrocardia with situs inversus.

Keyword

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; dextrocadia; situs inversus

MeSH Terms

Angioplasty*
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary
Coronary Angiography
Coronary Artery Disease
Dextrocardia*
Humans
Korea
Myocardial Infarction
Prevalence
Situs Inversus*