Biventricular Pacemaker Implantation in an Elderly Patient with Situs Inversus Dextrocardia

Abstract

Dextrocardia is a rare anomaly. Although other congenital defects may accompany this anomaly, many patients have normally functioning hearts, and when they get old, they face common cardiac disorders, namely coronary heart diease and heart failure and may require pacemaker implantation. The number of papers reporting biventricular pacemaker implantation in these patients is limited. We report a woman of advanced age with dextrocardia who underwent biventricular cardiac pacemaker implantation for advanced heart failure.

Keywords

• Dextrocardia
• Heart failure
• Cardiac Resynchoronization Therapy
• Biventricular Pacemaker
• Elderly