Dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis: Cardiovascular surgery in three patients with concomitant coronary artery disease.
Three patients with situs inversus totalis (mirror-image dextrocardia) and concomitant coronary artery disease were admitted to our institution for evaluation. In all cases, aortocoronary bypass grafting was successful. Patients with situs inversus and mirror-image dextrocardia are believed to have normal longevity, and, as these studies suggest, they have the same long-term prognosis after coronary bypass grafting as patients with situs solitus.
Grey
Douglas P.
DP
Division of Surgery of the Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal and Texas Children's Hospitals, Houston, Texas.
Cooley
Denton A.
DA