ISSN 1755-5302
Interventional
Cardiology
Case Report
Interventional-Cardiology.655 © 2020
Background
Dextroversion of the heart is a type of
dextrocardias, the heart is located in the right
hemithorax without inversion of chambers.
Tis congenital anomaly is the result of a
counter-clockwise rotation of a normally
developed heart in the right hemi thorax. It
may be associated with diferent cardiac and
pulmonary anomalies, or may be isolated. It
has been described under diferent names:
dextrorotation [1], isolated dextrocardia [2],
dextrocardia with atria in situs solitus [3].
In 1998 Hakim et al., reported a case of ASD
transcatheter closure in a case of dextrocardia
with situsin versus, they used left atrium
angiogram in the right anterior oblique
view with cranial angulation to visualize the
IAS, followed by successful positioning of
Amplatzer device across the defect [4].
Maldjian et al., studied a case of isolated
dextroversion by MSCT in 2006 and
described that the right atrium was posterior
and to the right of the left atrium. Te
morphologic right ventricle was posterior,
slightly superior and to the right of the
morphologic left ventricle [5].
In dextroversion, the interatrial septum is
directed to the right, with the morphologic
right atrium situated to the right and slightly
posteriorly, and the morphologic left atrium
to the left and slightly anteriorly. Galal et
al., reported successful closure of fenestrated
septum by Amplatzer cribriform device in a
case with situs solitus and dextrocardia, they
reported difculty in device positioning, yet
with no specifc technique recommended [6].
Case Presentation
We present a case of a female patient 3-year-
Transcatheter ASD closure in a
patient with Dextroversion: A
case report
Background: Cardiac dextroversion is location of the heart in the right chest with the left ventricle remaining
in the normal position to the left but lying anterior to the right ventricle. To the best of our knowledge no
specifc technique has been described before for successful transcatheter secundum atrial septal defect
closure in patients with dextroversion.
Case presentation: We present a case of secundum ASD in a patient with dextroversion, situs solitus, AV
concordance and VA concordance. Patient was referred for transcatheter closure of ASD. Her transthoracic
echocardiography showed a 7 mm secundum ASD, Upper normal RV size, small restrictive VSD 2 mm and a
dilated main pulmonary artery. Transesophageal echocardiography showed an 11 mm defect with abnormal
orientation of inter atrial septum due to cardiac dextroversion. Usual technique for positioning of ASD
Amplatzer device (ASO 11) failed with prolapsing of the device into right atrium. Failed right upper pulmonary
vein technique. With successful positioning of the device across the interatrial septum using left upper
pulmonary vein technique.
Conclusion: We recommend left upper pulmonary vein technique for safe and direct positioning of ASD
device across interatrial septum in patients with dextroversion.
Keywords: Congenital heart disease Left upper pulmonary vein Dextrocardia
Abbreviations: 2D: 2 Dimensional; ASD: Atrial Septal Defect; ASO: Atrial Septal Occluder; AV: Atrioventricular;
CXR: Chest X-ray; ECG: Electrocardiography; IAS: Interatrial Septum; LUPV: Left Upper Pulmonary Vein;
MSCT: Multislice Computed Tomography; PA: Pulmonary Artery; PR: Pulmonary Regurgitation; RA: Right
Atrium; RUPV: Right Upper Pulmonary Vein; RV: Right Ventricle; TEE: Transesophageal Echocardiography; VA:
Ventriculoarterial; VSD: Ventricular Septal Defect
Yasmin Abdelrazek Ali
1
*,
Alaa Mahmoud Roushdy
1
,
Khaled Ahmed Shams
2
,
Noha Mohamed Gamal
3
1
Department of Cardiology, Ain Shams
University, Cairo, Egypt
2
Department of Cardiology, Helwan
University, Helwan, Egypt
3
Department of Cardiology, Assuit
University, Assiut, Egypt
*Author for correspondence:
Yasmin Abdelrazek Ali
Email: yasminabdelrazek@med.asu.
edu.eg
Received date: May 05, 2020
Accepted date: May 19, 2020
Published date: May 26, 2020
Interv. Cardiol. (2020) 12(3), 78–82 7 8