Off-pump coronary artery bypass in poland syndrome with dextrocardia: case report

• Main Authors: More Ranjit, Srivastava Vivek, Tang Augustine
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2011-05-01
• Series: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
• Subjects: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; CABG; Off-pump surgery; OPCAB; Pectus excavatum; Poland Syndrome
• Online Access: http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/75

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Poland Syndrome is a congenital disorder characterised by hypoplasia of the pectoral muscles along with upper extremity deformities. We encountered a patient with Poland syndrome associated with dextrocardia and also failed pectus excavatum repairs who presented to us with symptomatic ischaemic heart disease requiring intervention. He underwent successful off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCABG). As far as we are aware, this is the first case report of OPCABG in a case of Poland syndrome with dextrocardia. We describe here the management of this complex patient and wish to emphasise that the off-pump option is feasible in dextrocardia with some technical modifications.</p>