title: Myocardial perfusion scintigraphy in a case of dextrocardia: Doing it "right".
abstract: We present the challenges in performing the stress test and acquisition of images in myocardial scintigraphy in a 54-year-old female patient with dextrocardia. Dextrocardia and situs inversus were documented on prior investigations including a chest roentgenogram and sonography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Raghava
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: Mohd Labeeb
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Abrar
authors.forename: Ansih
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bhattacharya
authors.forename: Manoj Kumar
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Rohit
authors.forename: Bhagwant Rai
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Mittal
keywords: Dextrocardia; SPECT; Tc99m-tetrofosmin; situs inversus
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