title: Off-pump myocardial revascularisation in an octogenarian patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus.
abstract: Dextrocardia associated with situs inversus totalis is a rare condition and there are few reports of myocardial revascularisation in such patients. An 82-year-old woman with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis underwent successful off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting using internal mammary arteries. The operative technique was similar to that of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting for situs solitus. However, for a right-handed surgeon the operation was easier standing on the left side of the patient.
authors.affiliation: Heart-Institute Lahr, Baden, Germany.
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Ennker
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pietrowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ennker
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*