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. 2006 Jul;19(3):226-8.
doi: 10.1080/08998280.2006.11928168.

Percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with cardiac dextroversion

Praveen Mehrotra  1 , James W Choi, James Flaherty, Charles J Davidson
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Percutaneous coronary intervention in a patient with cardiac dextroversion

Praveen Mehrotra et al. Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2006 Jul.

Abstract

Dextrocardia associated with atrial situs solitus is commonly referred to as dextroversion. Dextroversion is a result of early interruption of normal embryological development and, therefore, rarely occurs without other associated cardiac and noncardiac anomalies. While percutaneous coronary intervention has been described in many cases of dextrocardia with situs inversus, it has not been previously described in dextroversion. We report the case of an 88-year-old woman with dextroversion who presented with an acute anterior myocardial infarction that was successfully treated with coronary stent implantation.

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Figure 1
Admitting electrocardiogram.
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Figure 2
Right-sided electrocardiogram.
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Figure 3
Chest x-ray. A indicates aorta.
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Figure 4
Left anterior descending artery with a proximal 90% lesion (arrow).
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Figure 5
Left anterior descending artery after stent implantation.
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