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Table 1 Case reports referring to CABG in patients with situs inversus

From: Coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with situs inversus totalis: a case report

Case

Author

Year

Operation

Pump

Surgeon’s position

Conduits

1

Grey

1981

CABG × 5

On

Not mentioned

SVG

2

  

CABG × 2

On

Not mentioned

SVG

3

  

CABG × 2

On

Not mentioned

SVG

4

Irvin

1982

CABG × 3

On

Not mentioned

SVG

5

Moreno-Cabral

1984

CABG × 3

On

Not mentioned

SVG

6

Abensur

1988

CABG × 1

On

Not mentioned

RITA

7

Mesa

1995

CABG × 1

On

Not mentioned

RITA

8

Wong and Chong

1999

CABG × 3

On

Left

RITA, SVG

9

Totaro

2001

CABG × 3

On

Not mentioned

RITA, SVG

10

Tabry

2001

CABG × 4

Off

Left

Both ITAs, SVG

11

Naik

2002

CABG × 2

On

Left

RITA, SVG

12

Erdil

2002

CABG × 2

On

Left

RITA, SVG

13

Stamou

2003

CABG × 2

Off

Both sides

RITA, SVG

14

Bonde

2003

CABG × 2

Converted

Left

RITA, SVG

15

Chui

2003

CABG × 2

On

Left

RITA, Radial artery (RA)

16

Bonanomi

2004

CABG × 2

Off

Not mentioned

RITA, SVG

17

Abdullah

2004

CABG × 3

Off

Right

SVG

18

Kuwata

2004

CABG × 5

Off

Left

Both ITAs, Both RAs

19

Cobiella

2005

CABG × 2, AVR

On

Right

RITA, SVG

20

Baltalarli

2006

CABG × 3

On

Not mentioned

LITA, SVG

21

Poncelet

2006

CABG × 3

On

Both sides

Both ITAs, Gastro-epiploic artery (GEA)

22

Ennker

2006

CABG × 2

Off

Left

RITA

23

Karimi

2007

CABG × 3

On

Right

RITA, SVG

24

  

CABG × 4

On

Right

RITA, SVG

25

Pego-Fernandes

2007

CABG × 5

On

Left

RITA, SVG

26

Saadi

2007

CABG × 3

On

Left

RITA, SVG

27

Chakravarthy

2008

CABG × 2

Off

Right

LITA, RA, SVG

28

  

CABG × 3

Off

Both sides

RITA, SVG

29

Yamashiro

2009

CABG × 3

Off

Right

Both ITAs, RA

30

Kuthe

2011

CABG × 3, VSD closure

On

Right

SVG

31

Dabbagh

2011

CABG × 3

Off

Left

RITA, SVG

32

Yuan

2015

CABG × 2

Off

Left

RITA, SVG

33

  

CABG × 3

Off

Left

RITA, SVG

34

Kono

2016

CABG × 1, AVR

On

Left

SVG

35

Subash

2017

CABG

Not mentioned

Left

RITA, SVG

36

Zhigalov

2019

CABG × 2

On

Left

Both ITAs

37

Cheng

2021

CABG × 4

On

Not mentioned

LITA, SVG

  1. Twenty-six of 37 cases of CABG for dextrocardia between 1981 and 2021 referred to the standing position, with surgeons standing on the left side in 16 cases, the right side in 7 cases, and both sides in 3 cases. All cases mention bypass grafts. SVGs were used in 29 cases, RITAs were used in 26 cases, LITAs were used in 8 cases, and RAs were used in 4 cases; GEA was only used in one case