Surgical repair of left-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with situs inversus totalis

Alwaleed Al-Dairy; Reem Shammout; Raiean Al Habbal

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4914

Surgical repair of left-sided partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with situs inversus totalis

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 4;9(10):e04914. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.4914. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Alwaleed Al-Dairy¹, Reem Shammout², Raiean Al Habbal²

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor in Cardiac Surgery at Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus Syria.
² Faculty of Medicine Damascus University Damascus Syria.

Abstract

The recognition of situs inversus is of great importance to avoid possible surgical mishaps that may result from the failure to recognize reversed anatomy or an atypical history. The repair of associated PAPVC with situs inversus totalis needs special attention during surgery due to the reversed anatomy.ss.

Keywords: congenital abnormalities; dextrocardia; partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; situs inversus totalis.

Publication types

Case Reports