title: Percutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in a patient with dextrocardia.
abstract: Situs inversus with dextrocardia is a rare congenital anomaly. There are limited published case reports of successful percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in these patients who have atherosclerotic coronary artery disease, especially when presenting with acute myocardial infarction. PCI is technically difficult because of mirror image dextrocardia. We hereby describe a 48-yr-old female, who had acute inferior wall myocardial infarction and underwent successful emergency primary coronary angioplasty and stenting of a proximally occluded right coronary artery. Technical details about PCI are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Rajesh Vijayvergiya, Anil Grover, Department of Cardiology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vijayvergiya
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grover