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Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], October 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): In a first-of-its-kind surgery in India, Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgeons at SIMS Hospitals, Vadapalani, headed by Dr VV Bashi, Director and Senior Consultant - Institute of Cardiac & Advanced Aortic Diseases, SIMS, Hospitals, Vadapalani, performed an extremely challenging Aortic Root and Arch Replacement Surgery on a 66 year male from Andhra Pradesh, presenting with Situs Inversus Totalis, a rare medical condition, in which the patient's internal organs were reversed or mirrored from their normal positions. Patient History and Line of Treatment The 66-year-old gentleman presented with severe chest pain and cough to a local hospital in Andhra Pradesh. Surprisingly, the local doctor looking at the Chest Xray diagnosed him with Situs Inversus Totalis - An extremely rare clinical condition from birth, in which all the right-sided organs are present on the left side and the left-sided organs of the body are present on the rig