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Multimodality imaging established a late diagnosis of heterotaxy syndrome (left isomerism) in a 41-year-old patient with complex cardiac anatomy and two prior surgeries.
Multimodality imaging is valuable for diagnosing complex congenital heart disease, such as left atrial isomerism, even late in adulthood.
May prompt imaging review in complex adult CHD cases; leaves open prospective validation for heterotaxy diagnosis.
We present a case of a 41-year-old patient with an unknown complex cardiac anatomy, who was previously submitted to two cardiac surgeries. Using multimodality imaging, a retrospective diagnosis was established, revealing a heterotaxy syndrome (left isomerism).
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Carvalho et al. (2022) studied this question. Multimodality imaging established a late diagnosis of heterotaxy syndrome (left isomerism) in a 41-year-old patient with complex cardiac anatomy and two prior surgeries.
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