Successful Transvenous Implantation of a Permanent Pacemaker in a Patient with Situs Inversus with Dextrocardia Supported by Preceding Three-dimensional Computed Tomography.
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- Academic Journal
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- Nomura A; Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Otani N; Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Kokubun A; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.; Mizuguchi S; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Kawamoto S; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Japan.; Tomoe T; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Kitahara K; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Sugiyama T; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Horie Y; Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Sugimura H; Department of Cardiology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.; Yasu T; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology, Dokkyo Medical University Nikko Medical Center, Japan.
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- Publisher: Japanese Society of Internal Medicine Country of Publication: Japan NLM ID: 9204241 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1349-7235 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 09182918 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Intern Med Subsets: MEDLINE
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- English
We herein report a 76-year-old woman with situs inversus and dextrocardia who underwent pacemaker implantation for sick sinus syndrome. Situs inversus with dextrocardia, which is frequently associated with cardiovascular malformation, is a rare congenital malformation wherein the thoracic and abdominal viscera are inverted compared with their normal positions. This renders the implantation of cardiac devices an arduous task. We therefore decided to gather preoperative anatomical information on patients with situs inversus and dextrocardia. We used three-dimensional computed tomography to collect preoperative information in order to facilitate the safe implantation of cardiac devices.