title: Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in an octogenarian with situs inversus and dextrocardia: report of a case.
abstract: Dextrocardia associated with situs inversus totalis is a rare condition. A small number of patients with the condition have been reported after undergoing myocardial revascularization. We experienced a case of this rare disorder in an 83-year-old man. He was successfully treated by off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with bilateral internal thoracic arteries and a saphenous vein. Except for the mirror-image anatomy, the surgical technique was similar to that used for a patient with situs solitus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-2 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Masamichi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsumori
authors.forename: Yutaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okita
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*