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Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report

Dextrocardia is a cardiac positional anomaly in which the heart is located in the right hemithorax with its base-to-apex axis directed to the right and caudad. Situs inversus is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes organs in the chest and abdomen to be positioned in a mirror image from their...

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Autores principales: Ayeni, Olusegun Akinwale, Malan, Nico, Hammond, Emmanuel Niiboye, Vangu, Mboyo-Di-Tamba Heben
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Publicado: Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Biology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408900
http://dx.doi.org/10.7508/aojnmb.2016.02.008
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author Ayeni, Olusegun Akinwale
Malan, Nico
Hammond, Emmanuel Niiboye
Vangu, Mboyo-Di-Tamba Heben
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Malan, Nico
Hammond, Emmanuel Niiboye
Vangu, Mboyo-Di-Tamba Heben
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description Dextrocardia is a cardiac positional anomaly in which the heart is located in the right hemithorax with its base-to-apex axis directed to the right and caudad. Situs inversus is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes organs in the chest and abdomen to be positioned in a mirror image from their normal position. Dextrocardia may occur in isolation or as part of situs inversus. Similarly, situs inversus may occur with or without dextrocardia. Situs inversus accompanied with dextrocardia (situs inversus totalis) is a rare congenital abnormality occurring in 0.01% of live births. Herein, we present the case of a 35-year-old man with previously diagnosed situs inversus totalis with mirror-image dextrocardia, referred to our facility for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). The incidence and presentation of CAD in patients with dextrocardia are similar to the normal population. However, considerable attention should be paid to the acquisition of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and data processing/analysis in this group of patients. The present case highlights the distinctive applications and potential pitfalls of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in patients with dextrocardia.
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spelling pubmed-49388732016-07-12 Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report Ayeni, Olusegun Akinwale Malan, Nico Hammond, Emmanuel Niiboye Vangu, Mboyo-Di-Tamba Heben Asia Ocean J Nucl Med Biol Case Report Dextrocardia is a cardiac positional anomaly in which the heart is located in the right hemithorax with its base-to-apex axis directed to the right and caudad. Situs inversus is an autosomal recessive disorder that causes organs in the chest and abdomen to be positioned in a mirror image from their normal position. Dextrocardia may occur in isolation or as part of situs inversus. Similarly, situs inversus may occur with or without dextrocardia. Situs inversus accompanied with dextrocardia (situs inversus totalis) is a rare congenital abnormality occurring in 0.01% of live births. Herein, we present the case of a 35-year-old man with previously diagnosed situs inversus totalis with mirror-image dextrocardia, referred to our facility for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). The incidence and presentation of CAD in patients with dextrocardia are similar to the normal population. However, considerable attention should be paid to the acquisition of myocardial perfusion scintigraphy and data processing/analysis in this group of patients. The present case highlights the distinctive applications and potential pitfalls of myocardial perfusion single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging in patients with dextrocardia. Asia Oceania Journal of Nuclear Medicine & Biology 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4938873/ /pubmed/27408900 http://dx.doi.org/10.7508/aojnmb.2016.02.008 Text en Copyright: © 2016 mums.ac.ir http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Ayeni, Olusegun Akinwale
Malan, Nico
Hammond, Emmanuel Niiboye
Vangu, Mboyo-Di-Tamba Heben
Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report
title Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report
title_full Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report
title_fullStr Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report
title_short Myocardial Perfusion SPECT Imaging in Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus: A Case Report
title_sort myocardial perfusion spect imaging in dextrocardia with situs inversus: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27408900
http://dx.doi.org/10.7508/aojnmb.2016.02.008
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