A Case of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty with Stent in a Patient of Acute Myocardial Infarction with Situs Inversus Totalis.
10.4070/kcj.1999.29.9.985
- Author:
Kyung Wha WHANG
;
Tae Yong KIM
;
Joon Young KIM
;
Yu Jeong CHOI
;
Hong Youp CHOI
;
Jane C OH
;
Sang Wook LIM
;
Dong Hoon CHA
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Situs inversus totalis;
Acute myocardial infarction;
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angio-plasty;
Stent
- MeSH:
Angioplasty;
Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary*;
Coronary Vessels;
Dextrocardia;
Heart;
Humans;
Incidence;
Myocardial Infarction*;
Situs Inversus*;
Stents*
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
1999;29(9):985-988
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Situs inversus totalis with dextrocardia is a rare congenital anomaly and its incidence is approximately 1: 6,000-35,000 in general population. Such patients usually have structurally normal hearts and are expected to have normal life span. Coronary angioplasty in such patients have previously been reported, but reported cases in literature are scanty. This report describes our experience of successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty with stent in acute myocardial infarction patient with situs inversus totalis and dextrocardia who exhibited total occlusion of the mid left anterior descending coronary artery.
