Percutaneous closure of patent foramen ovale in a patient with situs viscerum inversus

J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2013 Feb;14(2):168-70. doi: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e328353809d.

Abstract

We describe the case of a patient with situs viscerum inversus totalis in whom we performed percutaneous closure of a patent foramen ovale. This case report may represent a further contribution to illustrate instrumental and interventional issues to consider in patients with situs viscerum inversus; it is also an example in which a background in embryology and congenital heart disease may aid cardiologists for the well-tolerated and effective diagnosis and treatment of adult patients with cardiac anomalies.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple*
  • Adult
  • Cardiac Catheterization / methods*
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography, Transesophageal
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / diagnosis
  • Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
  • Situs Inversus / diagnosis
  • Situs Inversus / surgery*