title: Dextrocardia with situs inversus totalis: Cardiovascular surgery in three patients with concomitant coronary artery disease.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgery of the Texas Heart Institute, St. Luke's Episcopal and Texas Children's Hospitals, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: Douglas P.
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Grey
authors.forename: Denton A.
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Cooley