Myocardial perfusion spect imaging in dextrocardia: a case report

Mol Imaging Radionucl Ther. 2013 Aug;22(2):70-2. doi: 10.4274/Mirt.151. Epub 2013 Aug 1.

Abstract

The myocardial perfusion scintigraphy acquisition and analysis present some technical differences in the rare dextrocardia cases. Here we report a case of a 38 year-old woman with dextrocardia who had been applied myocardial perfusion scintigraphy. Presented case showed that the thoracic and abdominal organs had a mirror image with situs inversus totalis type dextrocardia. The incidence of coronary heart disease and life span of people with situs inversus totalis are the same as the normal population. So we may apply myocardial perfusion scintigraphy to this patient group. The current case is presented in order to remind the special applications of myocardial perfusion SPECT imaging in patients with dextrocardia.

Conflict of interest: None declared.

Keywords: Dextrocardia; myocardial perfusion imaging.