Congenital Abnormality
dextrocardia
[ dek-stroh-kahr-dee-uh ]
Subclass of:
Congenital Heart Defects;
Situs Inversus
Etymology:
Latin dexter = right + Greek kardia = heart
Definitions related to dextrocardia:
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A congenital abnormality in which the heart is located in the right side of the chest.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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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.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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A rare congenital abnormality in which the heart is located in the right side of the chest. It is associated with other congenital heart defects.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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The heart is located in the right hand sided hemithorax. That is, there is a left-right reversal (or mirror reflection") of the anatomical location of the heart in which the heart is locate on the right side instead of the left." [DDD:dbrown, HPO:sdoelken]Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Dextrocardia is a condition in which the heart is located in the right side of the chest instead of the left. It is usually present from birth (congenital). There are several types of dextrocardia. The simplest type occurs when the shape and structure of the heart is a mirror image of a normal heart. Other types of dextrocardia may...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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