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Successful percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion of right coronary artery in patient with dextrocardia

Cardiovascular Intervention and Therapeutics volume 28, pages 303–306 (2013)Cite this article

Abstract

Situs inversus with dextrocardia is rare congenital anomaly. Coronary artery disease in such patients is quite rare. We reported a 52-year-old man with dextrocardia and chronic total occlusion at the proximal right coronary artery just after conus branch and severe stenosis at the proximal left anterior descending artery. He underwent successful percutaneous coronary intervention with stenting of total occluded right coronary artery and simultaneously stenting of the proximal left anterior descending artery.

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  1. Binawaluya Cardiac Center, Jl. TB Simatupang 71, Jakarta, 13650, Indonesia

    Muhammad Munawar, Beny Hartono & Kurniawan Iskandarsyah

  2. Community Health Care System, St. Mary Medical Center, Hobart, IN, USA

    Thach N. Nguyen

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Munawar, M., Hartono, B., Iskandarsyah, K. et al. Successful percutaneous coronary intervention for chronic total occlusion of right coronary artery in patient with dextrocardia. Cardiovasc Interv and Ther 28, 303–306 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12928-013-0166-z

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Keywords

  • Dextrocardia
  • Chronic total occlusion
  • Percutaneous coronary intervention