Journal of Heart and Cardiovascular Research

Coronary angiogram and graft study with single diagnostic catheter in dextrocardia: best approach for cath lab with limited resources

22^nd International Conference on New Horizons in Cardiology & Cardiologists Education
March 07-08, 2019 Berlin, Germany

Naseer Ahmed

Tabba Heart Institute, Pakistan

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Heart Cardiovasc Res

DOI: 10.21767/2576-1455-C1-003

Abstract

Dextrocardia (DC) is a rare congenital anomaly. The incidence of coronary artery disease is similar to the general population. Dextrocardia presents several challenges due to abnormal location of the heart, mirror image pattern of aortic arch and its branches, and abnormal coronary origin and orientation, and it becomes more difficult when grafts are cannulated through transradial access, all with single catheter. We have performed coronary angiogram and graft study through trans-radial access using only one diagnostic catheter due to limited resources in developing country.

Biography

Adhip P N Majumdar received his MS and PhD degrees from the University of London, England, and DSc (Doctor of Science) degree in Gastroenterology from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has been a Professor at Wayne State University since 1992 and holds the post of Senior Research Career Scientist at the Detroit VA Medical Center. He has published over 200 original scientific articles and a multitude of book chapters/review articles. His lab is particularly interested in elucidating the patho-physiology of age-related changes in the GI mucosa specifically those that lead to malignancy. To this end, he has been investigating the role of pluripotent, self-renewing CSCs in the development and progression of GI malignancies. He has been funded by the VA and NIH.

E-mail: a.majumdar@wayne.edu