dextrocardia
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Dextrocardia () is a rare congenital condition in which the apex of the heart is located on the right side of the body, rather than the more typical placement towards the left. There are two main types of dextrocardia: dextrocardia of embryonic arrest (also known as isolated dextrocardia) and 'dextrocardia situs inversus'''. Dextrocardia situs inversus'' is further divided.
Key facts
- Medical condition.image
- Situs inversus chest Nevit.jpg
- Medical condition.caption
- Chest X ray of a person with dextrocardia situs inversus showing the cardiac apex pointing towards right
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Research
4,135 papers- [Dextrocardia].Ryoikibetsu shokogun shirizu · 1996
- Dextrocardia: practical clinical points and comments on terminology.Pediatric cardiology · 2010
- Perioperative implications and management of dextrocardia.Journal of anesthesia · 2015
- Approach to dextrocardia in adults: review.AJR. American journal of roentgenology · 2007
- Dextrocardia: systematic approach to differential diagnosis.American heart journal · 1981
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Wikidata facts
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- Situs inversus chest Nevit.jpg
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- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C84669
- Commons category
- Dextrocardia
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- purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0001651
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Classification
- Dextrocardia of embryonic arrest
- Dextrocardia situs solitus
- Dextrocardia situs inversus
- Dextrocardia with situs ambiguus
- Diagnosis
- Technical dextrocardia
- Management
- Epidemiology
- References
- External links
Dextrocardia () is a rare congenital condition in which the apex of the heart is located on the right side of the body, rather than the more typical placement towards the left. There are two main types of dextrocardia: dextrocardia of embryonic arrest (also known as isolated dextrocardia) and 'dextrocardia situs inversus'''. Dextrocardia situs inversus'' is further divided.
==Classification==