title: Situs Inversus Totalis: Single-Stage Anatomic Repair of Complex Congenital Heart Disease.
abstract: Transposition of the great arteries occurs rarely in patients with mirror image dextrocardia and situs inversus, while the combination with severe coarctation of the descending aorta (CoA) makes the anatomy even more unusual. Therefore, it is not surprising that a case with such unusual and complicated anatomy presents unique problems when a primary definitive correction is attempted. We report a patient with situs inversus totalis and complex congenital heart disease including transposition of the great arteries and severe CoA who underwent successful complete, single-stage, anatomic correction.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Andrew C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chatzis
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Alexandros J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Tsoutsinos
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Meletios A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kanakis
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Constantinos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Contrafouris
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Spyros
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rammos
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Paediatric and Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Centre, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Fotios A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mitropoulos
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001017:Aortic Coarctation / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
keywords: coarctation; congenital heart disease; dextrocardia; great arteries anomalies; situs inversus; transposition