Primary angioplasty and later elective multivessel stenting in a patient with dextrocardia: a case report and literature review

Abstract

Dextrocardia is a rare congenital anomaly with a prevalence of 1 in 10,000 births. The incidence of coronary artery disease in such patients is thought to be similar to that of the general public, however, patients are seldom seen during routine clinical practice and at the cardiac catheterization laboratory. Patients with this condition and acute myocardial ischemia may pose challenges at presentation, clinical and diagnostic findings and at cardiac catheterization. In this report, a male patient presenting with acute inferior myocardial infarction and three-vessel coronary artery disease was managed successfully with emergency primary angioplasty and later elective multivessel stenting. This is the first combined primary and later multivessel stenting to be reported in a single patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus. The clinical findings, details of the procedures and literature review will be discussed.