Rheumatic Heart Disease and Dextrocardia

Mirror Image Dextrocardia with Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis Undergone Successful Percutaneous Transvenous Commissurotomy: The First Case in East Africa

“… 4 Cases of rheumatic heart disease with dextrocardia has been reported from many parts of the world with reported successful surgical and percutaneous interventions. 7–9 The anatomical approach of PTMC will be mirror image of the normal heart in patients with mirror image dextrocardia. 10 Our patient has normal coronaries on angiography and she had no congenital heart disease other than mirror image dextrocardia.…”

A Rare Case of Situs Inversus with Dextrocardia, Lutembacher Syndrome, and Pericardial Effusion

“…On review of literature, the incidence approximately appears to be 1:10,000. [1] Situs inversus with dextrocardia is a type of cardiac malposition most likely to exist with structurally normal heart. The common congenital cardiac anomalies associated with dextrocardia with situs inversus are atrial situs solitus (93%), discordant AV connection (44%), and discordant ventriculo-atrial (VA) connection (30%).…”

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Two Patients with Situs Inversus Totalis: A Case Report

“…This condition was first described by Fabricius in 1,600 1 and its incidence is known to range from 1:10,000 to 1:20,000. 2 Though there is no evidence that this condition is a risk factor for cholelithiasis or acute/chronic cholecystitis, 3 diagnosis can be difficult when those diseases develop in SIT patients due to the confusing clinical presentations. Laparoscopic treatment is also challenging for surgeons because direction of approach is unfamiliar, and positioning of operator and ports placement should be planned in different way from those of conventional method for patients with normal anatomy.…”