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	Johns Hopkins Children's Hospital \| Cove Point Foundation \| Dextrocardia
		The term Dextrocardia means that the heart is in the right chest (dextro means right in Latin) rather than in the left chest, as is the usual case.
		There are various forms of dextrocardia, ranging from a normally configured heart that is positioned further to the right than normal (dextro-position) to so-called "mirror-image dextrocardia," in which the positions of the heart chambers and major vessels are exactly the reverse of the "normal" arrangement (see diagram at left).
		Chest x-rays and an ECG (echocardiogram) may be used to determine which type of dextrocardia is present.
	www.pted.org /htms/dextrocardia1.php (121 words)

	Su Journal » Blog Archive » Dextrocardia
		Of Dextrocardia with mirror-image dextrocardia associated with high rates of the heart is on the opposite side of the ECG are defects can, however, in fact the heart is located on the heart condition characterized by noting that the arterial atrium is defective, it was less when compared to confirm dextrocardia.
		Dextrocardia with a normal fetal heartbeat during pregnancy is located on the left in the right side of the report Dextrocardia with dextrocardia in 8500.
		Dextrocardia with situs inversus is the high incident uc diagnosis of atrioventricular septal defect with left to the left and in the hospital for roughly 8 weeks.
	sujornal.com /2006/12/02/dextrocardia (600 words)

	Situs Inversus Dextrocardia
		Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus is characterised by the reversal of the normal position of the heart chambers and abdominal organs such as the liver and spleen.
		Dextrocardia is an anomaly in which the primitive heart tube folds to the left in a mirror image of a normal bulboventricular loop.
		Kartagener Syndrome is a combination of Dextrocardia with chronic dilatation of the bronchi, difficulty breathing, recurrent respiratory infection (bronchiectasis) and infection of the sinuses (sinusitis).
	www.laughs.com.au /sid (1241 words)

	Malpositions (Site not responding. Last check: )
		One unique form of dextroversion is termed the Cantrell syndrome, in which five components are present: midline epigastric abdominal wall defect often associated with herniation or omphalocele, a defect of the lower sternum, deficiency of the anterior diaphragm, defect of the diaphragmatic portion of the parietal pericardium, and diverticulum of the left ventricle.
		Dextrocardia associated with venoatrial situs inversus can be associated with tetralogy of Fallot, double outlet right ventricle, and complete or corrected transposition of the great arteries.
		Dextrocardia associated with situs ambiguous is present in patients with the atrial isomerism syndromes which are described above.
	www.pediheart.org /practitioners/anatomy/malpostitions.htm (432 words)

	Chapter 34- Oliver W. Caminos, M.D. (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In dextrocardia, the arterial atrium is located in the right side, and will be connected through the mitral valve to the arterial ventricle which is located to the right of the venous ventricle.
		Dextrocardia should be distinguished from Dextrorotation of the heart and in this regard the analysis of the position of the liver, the gastric chamber and the P wave configuration in the ECG is helpful.
		The triad of bronchiectasis, sinusitis and dextrocardia is known as Kartagener's Syndrome.
	www.redtail.net /owc/34.html (390 words)

	Dextrocardia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dextrocardia is a peculiar condition in which the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest while it is normally on the left (mirror-image).
		Individuals with both dextrocardia and situs inversus (in which all the organs are flipped, leaving the heart in its normal place relative to the rest of the viscera) suffer a far lesser rate of congenital heart defects than do people with only one of the two conditions.
		In CSI: a murder victim is found to have died of a fatal blow to the chest that would normally have little effect, except the killer who attacked him was unaware that the man had dextrocardia and accidentally gave the victim a heart attack.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dextrocardia (256 words)

	Dextrocardia Information
		Dextrocardia is a peculiar condition in which the heart is positioned on the right side of the chest while it is normally on the left (mirror-image).
		Individuals with both dextrocardia and situs inversus (in which all the organs are flipped, leaving the heart in its normal place relative to the rest of the viscera) suffer a far lesser rate of congenital heart defects than do people with only one of the two conditions.
		In CSI: a murder victim is found to have died of a fatal blow to the chest that would normally have little effect, except the killer attacked him was unaware that the man had dextrocardia and accidentally gave the victim a heart attack.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Dextrocardia (221 words)

	Neonatal Chest Radiographs - Cardiac Disease
		Dextrocardia is a description term indicating that the heart is in the right hemithorax.
		Dextrocardia may be because a normally left-sided heart (levocardia) is displaced to the right side (either because of pressure from a mass in the left hemithorax, or collapse of the right lung drawing the heart to that side) or because the heart is "flipped" around and is anatomically inverted.
		Dextrocardia with situs inversus (reversed abdominal contents) is essentially a mirror image of a heart, with a mirror image of the abdominal contents.
	www.adhb.govt.nz /newborn/TeachingResources/Radiology/Cardiology.htm (1773 words)

	Gazi Tıp Fakültesi - Gazi Medical Journal
		Situs inversus with dextrocardia is rare congenital developmental anomaly involving a left handed malrotation of the visceral organs which affects approximately 1:10.000 patients (1).
		On physical examination, dextrocardia with situs inversus was confirmed with a BP of 140/85 mmHg and a pulse rate of 88/minute.
		Coronary angiography in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus might be a confusing and difficult procedure for the angiographer.
	www.med.gazi.edu.tr /gmj/1997_2_85_89.html (1398 words)

	What is Dextrocardia?
		Dextrocardia is frequently diagnosed in a routine prenatal sonogram, although not every radiologist will catch it, particularly if there are no cardiac structural abnormalities.
		The outcome and survival rates for dextrocardia with abnormal heart depends upon the severity of the defects, which generally include a complicated form of transposition of the arteries, called levo-transposition, or both arteries arising from the right ventricle, called double outlet right ventricle.
		Dextrocardia may also be present in a condition called heterotaxy, which involves not only abnormal heart placement and structural abnormalities, but also the absence of a spleen, or the presence of a number of small spleens.
	www.wisegeek.com /what-is-dextrocardia.htm (716 words)

	PLAIN RADIOGRAPHIC DIAGNOSIS OF CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first reported case of dextrocardia was by Fabricius in 1606.
		Dextroversion, dextrorotation, and pivotal dextrocardia are synonymous with dextrocardia with situs solitus.
		Dextrocardia with situs inversus is also associated with lung anomalies including Karthagener’s syndrome (15-20% of patients).
	www.bcm.edu /radiology/cases/pediatric/text/6a-desc.htm (338 words)

	Nuclear Cardiology Seminars (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dextrocardia and Dextroversion describe a congenital condition whereby the heart is positioned in the right half of the torso.
		The most common and familiar is mirror-image dextrocardia, in which the anterior-posterior relationships are normal but their right-to-left orientation is reversed.
		The second cause of dextrocardia is dextroposition, in which an otherwise normal heart is shifted to the right by some extracardiac factor.
	www.commercemarketplace.com /home/nottmarketing/Dextrocardia.html (547 words)

	Computer Assisted Reporting of ECGs - ECG recording
		Dextrocardia is a condition where the patient's heart is located on the right hand side of the chest.
		In order to perform a correct ECG recording on a patient with dextrocardia, it is also necessary to put the leads on the patient in a mirror image of the normal location.
		This means left and right limb leads should be swapped for both arms and legs and the chest leads should run around the right side of the chest (using the same intercostal spacing locations) rather than the left.
	www.gla.ac.uk /care/dextrocardia.html (117 words)

	Complete Arterial Revascularization in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in a Patient With Solitus Inversus Totalis - ...
		Dextrocardia with complete situs inversus is a rare condition that occurs approximately in 2/10 000 live births.
		In opposition to dextrocardia with situs solitus or situs ambiguus, dextrocardia with complete situs inversus has a relatively low incidence of associated congenital heart disease estimated at about 3%.
		Kartagener's syndrome is present in about 20% of patients with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis.1 Surgical management differs in the technical considerations imposed by the malposition of the heart itself.
	www.redorbit.com /news/health/701996/complete_arterial_revascularization_in_coronary_artery_bypass_grafting_in_a/index.html?source=r_health (1373 words)

	bookofjoe: BehindTheMedspeak: Situs Inversus
		Dextrocardia - a condition in which the heart is on the right instead of the left, as in the X-ray above - without situs inversus is found in 1 person in 29,000.
		Dextrocardia with situs inversus occurs in 1 person in 8,500.
		The chance of a person with dextrocardia having a child with the same condition depends on their partner's genes: if the other individual is a carrier, there's a 50% chance of their child being affected.
	www.bookofjoe.com /2004/12/behindthemedspe_25.html (2363 words)

	Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus - Health Topics - Medical Encyclopedia - MSN Health & Fitness (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is possible that the main title of the report Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus is not the name you expected.
		Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus is a rare heart condition characterized by abnormal positioning of the heart.
		In this condition, the tip of the heart (apex) is positioned on the right side of the chest.
	health.msn.com /encyclopedia/healthtopics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100074285 (400 words)

	October 2005 Teaching Case
		The imaging technologist was not aware of the history of dextrocardia, and acquisition was performed with the usual 45 RAO to 45 LPO orbit.
		This case demonstrates Rubidium PET myocardial perfusion imaging in a patient with dextroversion, a relatively uncommon form of dextrocardia with an estimated occurrence of 1:29,000.
		[1] Dextrocardia is a group of congenital disorders with malposition of the heart into the right thoracic cavity, including situs inversus totalis (mirror image), the scimitar syndrome, and dextroversion (rightward rotation rather than mirror image placement).
	www.asnc.org /print/printer_content_582.cfm (1387 words)

	The New York Times > Health > Cases: Her Heart's in the Right Place. Or Is It?
		My patient had, in addition to dextrocardia, situs inversus: her visceral organs, the stomach, liver, spleen and intestines, were also "backward," the mirror image of normal.
		Dextrocardia with situs inversus afflicts about 1 person in 7,500 and is more common than dextrocardia in isolation, which affects about 1 in 29,000.
		Dextrocardia and situs inversus can be accompanied by congenital heart defects or occur as part of other syndromes.
	www.nytimes.com /2004/12/21/health/21case.html?ex=1261458000&en=f9feade1184d422a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt (889 words)

	eMedicine - Situs Inversus : Article by Annamaria Wilhelm
		In levocardia, the base-to-apex axis points to the left, and in dextrocardia, the axis is reversed.
		Situs inversus with dextrocardia is also termed situs inversus totalis because the cardiac position, as well as the atrial chambers and abdominal viscera, is a mirror image of the normal anatomy.
		For example, on a ventilation-perfusion pulmonary scan, the photopenic defect from the heart is reversed in cases of situs inversus with dextrocardia.
	www.emedicine.com /radio/topic639.htm (3757 words)

	BHF Any Questions? - Dextrocardia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Dextrocardia is a rare congenital condition (from birth) in which the heart is on the right-hand side of the body instead of the left.
		People with dextrocardia do not normally experience any problems, although the condition may very rarely be accompanied by congenital heart defects.
		Dextrocardia is believed to occur in 1 in 10,000 births (2004, Saha et al, Heart 90:374).
	www.bhf.org.uk /questions/index.asp?secondlevel=1160&thirdlevel=1275 (333 words)

	Looping anomalies (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Normal circulation in the body is characterized by the continual reoxygenation of blood in the lungs and the circulation of oxygenated blood throughout the body.
		Since normal hemodynamics are usually not established in isolated dextrocardias, the internal structures and septae usually have abnormal formation.
		This is dextrocardia, with all structures inverted (chambers and outflow trunks), so as to give an entirely normal function.
	sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca /embryology/cvs/anom_loop.html (112 words)

	Bioline International Official Site (site up-dated regularly) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A 37-year-old male patient with situs solitus and dextrocardia was also diagnosed to have severe mitral stenosis and pulmonary hypertension due to rheumatic heart disease.
		Echocardiography revealed situs solitus, dextrocardia, mitral valve area of 0.6, thick and calcified mitral leaflets, and left atrial dilatation (55 mm).
		Although pulmonary artery waveform monitoring is a practical and successfully used guide for pulmonary artery catheter placement, in the presence of congenital cardiac abnormalities, additional guidance by fluoroscopy is advisable for the catheter placement.
	www.bioline.org.br /request?ms04063 (1226 words)

	Dextrocardia: Congenital Pulmonary Lymphangiectasia Associated With Congenital Heart Disease at The Medical Dictionary
		Dextrocardia: Congenital Pulmonary Lymphangiectasia Associated With Congenital Heart Disease at The Medical Dictionary
		An interesting bit of trivia is that Doctor No, of James Bond fame, suffered from dextrocardia.
		Echocardiography showed dextrocardia, transposition of great arteries, ASD, patent ductus and pulmonary arteries, pulmonary atresia, nearly absent interventricular septum with essentially single ventricle anatomy.
	the-medical-dictionary.com /dextrocardia_article_8.htm (754 words)

	Dextrocardia definition - Medical Dictionary definitions of popular medical terms easily defined on MedTerms
		Dextrocardia: The heart is reversed and is in the right side of the chest rather than in its normal location on the left.
		With dextrocardia, for example, the apex (tip) of the heart points to the right rather than (as is normal) to the left.
		Dextrocardia occurs in an abnormal condition present at birth (congenital) called Kartagener's syndrome.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=2968 (134 words)

	Dextrocardia with Situs Inversus
		Electrocardiography reveals an inversion of the electrical waves from the heart and is the diagnostic measure of choice.
		Shah RP, et al., Coronary arteriography in the presence of dextrocardia and situs inversus.
		Nakagawa T, et al., Tranesophageal echocardiography combined with magnetic resonance imaging for detecting venous anomolies in dextrocardia.
	hw.healthdialog.com /kbase/nord/nord466.htm (764 words)

	Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting In A Patient With Dextrocardia With Situs Inversus
		Only a few similar cases of myocardial revascularization in patients with dextrocardia have been reported so far, and this is the first procedure, in patients with dextrocardia, performed with all arterial revascularization.
		In patients with situs inversus with dextrocardia normal anatomic cardiac structures and relations are intact but reversed with the anatomic right ventricle anterior to the left ventricle and aortic arch curving to the right and posteriorly.
		In conclusion CABG with dextrocardia is a challenging case and can be performed with success.
	www.ispub.com /ostia/index.php?xmlFilePath=journals/ijtcvs/vol7n2/dextro.xml (716 words)

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