Mitral Valve Replacement in a Patient with Situs Inversus and Dextrocardia

Abstract

Dextrocardia is a rarely seen cardiac malposition, often associated with multiple and complex congenital cardiac anomalies. Valve surgery for acquired valvular lesions in dextrocardia with situs inversus is rare. A 65-year-old man was admitted to our department with palpitation and dyspnea. Chest X‐ray showed dextrocardia, and echocardiography revealed severe mitral regurgitation due to rheumatic valve degeneration. Prosthetic mitral valve replacement using a transseptal approach via a median sternotomy was successfully performed in the patient.

Key words

Dextrocardia - situs inversus totalis - mitral valve replacement

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