Dextrocardia: Practical Clinical Points and Comments on Terminology

Dextrocardia is defined by the authors as a right-sided heart with a base–apex axis directed rightward, resulting from a variation in cardiac development, and not used as a general term indicating any heart in the right chest. Dextrocardia occurs in approximately 0.01% of live births and can be disc...

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Published in:Pediatric cardiology 2010, Vol.31 (1), p.1-6
Main Authors: Evans, William N., Acherman, Ruben J., Collazos, Juan C., Castillo, William J., Rollins, Robert C., Kip, Katrinka T., Restrepo, Humberto
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Factors
Cardiac patients
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Child
Child, Preschool
Dextrocardia - embryology
Dextrocardia - epidemiology
Dextrocardia - pathology
Heart
Heart Defects, Congenital - embryology
Heart Defects, Congenital - epidemiology
Heart Defects, Congenital - pathology
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Medical colleges
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Prevalence
Terminology as Topic
Terms and phrases
Vascular Surgery
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Summary:Dextrocardia is defined by the authors as a right-sided heart with a base–apex axis directed rightward, resulting from a variation in cardiac development, and not used as a general term indicating any heart in the right chest. Dextrocardia occurs in approximately 0.01% of live births and can be discovered in various clinical settings and at various patient ages. The authors review their experience with dextrocardia, discuss useful clinical points that aid in evaluating complex anatomy, recount the history of dextrocardia terminology, and note the current inconsistent nomenclature.
ISSN:0172-0643
1432-1971
DOI:10.1007/s00246-009-9516-0