Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Full text | Coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with Kartagener syndrome: a case report and literature review Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery | Full text | Coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with Kartagener syndrome: a case report and literature review Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Kartagener syndrome consists of congenital bronchiectasis, sinusitis, and total situs inversus in half of the patients. A patient diagnosed with Kartagener syndrome was reffered to our department due to 3-vessel coronary disease. An off-pump coronary artery bypass operation was performed using both internal thoracic arteries and a saphenous vein graft. We performed a literature review for cases with Kartagener syndrome, coronary surgery and dextrocardia. Although a few cases of dextrocardia were

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Tags: Circulation, Sinusitis, Bronchiectasis, Disease and Condition, Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, disease