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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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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