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Dextrocardia

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Definition: A congenital defect in which the heart is located on the right side of the THORAX instead of on the left side (levocardia, the normal position). When dextrocardia is accompanied with inverted HEART ATRIA, a right-sided STOMACH, and a left-sided LIVER, the combination is called dextrocardia with SITUS INVERSUS. Dextrocardia may adversely affect other thoracic organs.     
Examples Kartagener Syndrome 		Other names Dextrocardias
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Aughton syndrome  0   *Abnormalities, Multiple *Cleft Palate *Dextrocardia *Intellectual Disability *Microphthalmos.
Heterotaxy, visceral, X-linked  0   *Dextrocardia *Genetic Diseases, X-Linked *Heterotaxy Syndrome.
Kennerknecht Sorgo Oberhoffer syndrome  0   *Dextrocardia *Hernia, Diaphragmatic Genitalia, Female/abnormalities.

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