Primary angioplasty in a patient with dextrocardia.
Dextrocardia is a rare anomaly affecting 0.01% of newborns. We report on a case of a 60-year-old female with mirror-image dextrocardia who presented with an acute myocardial infarction and underwent primary angioplasty of the left circumflex artery. A review of the literature and technical challenges of the case will be addressed.
Jauhar
Rajiv
R
Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, New York 11040, USA. rjauhar@lij.edu
Gianos
Eugenia
E
Baqai
Kashifuddin
K
Roethel
Marie
M
Kaplan
Barry M
BM
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*