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Dextrocardia and two-vessel percutaneous intervention.

Grech ED, Kroeker RL

South Yorkshire Cardiothoracic Centre, Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, UK.

Dextrocardia is rare and percutaneous intervention in such patients presents additional challenges to the operator. This report describes successful two-vessel angioplasty and stenting, including a chronic, sub-totally occluded proximal left anterior descending artery.

Published 15 July 2005 in Int J Cardiovasc Intervent, 7(1): 61-2.
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