Heart Transplantation in a Patient with Left Isomerism
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We report the case of a 37-year-old man who suffered from biventricular failure due to left isomerism, inferior vena cava interruption with azygos vein continuation, bilateral superior vena cava, double outlet of right ventricle, complete atrioventricular septal defect, pulmonary stenosis, and isolated dextrocardia. Heart transplantation in patients with systemic venous anomalies often requires the correction and reconstruction of the upper & lower venous drainage. We present a case of heart transplantation in a patient with left isomerism, highlighting technical modifications to the procedure, including the unifocalization of the caval veins and reconstruction with patch augmentation.
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When abdominal and thorasic organs are inversed it is called situs inversus and when most of the these organs are positioned abnormally and heterogenic It is called situs ambigus (Heterotoxy syndrome) which is a rare congenital defect (Incidence 1.44 in 100/000 live birth) In these, abnormal organs shift which could be to the Right side or left side (Right Isomerism, Left Isomerism). One of the...
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