Open AccessPercutaneous coronary intervention for acute myocardial infarction in a patient with dextrocardia
Author(s) -
Rajesh Vijayvergiya,
Anil Grover
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
world journal of cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1949-8462
DOI - 10.4330/wjc.v2.i4.104
Subject(s) - dextrocardia , medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , conventional pci , cardiology , situs inversus , myocardial infarction , angioplasty , coronary artery disease , right coronary artery , coronary angiography
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.