Author/Authors :
Akyuz, M Ege University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Isik, O Ege University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Ayik, M F Ege University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey , Atay, Y Ege University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Turkey
Abstract :
Cardiac surgery in patients with a positional anomaly of the heart is technically challenging, and very few reports exist of such surgery in patients with dextrocardia. There are three types of situs: Situs solitus (normal), situs inversus (mirror image of normal), and situs ambiguous. Cardiac surgery for acquired valvular diseases in patients with mirror image dextrocardia and situs inversus is extremely rare. In this article, we report a surgical case of mitral and aortic valve replacement and tricuspid annuloplasty in a patient with mirror image dextrocardia and situs inversus
