Congenital Abnormality
levocardia
Subclass of:
Congenital Heart Defects;
Situs Inversus
Definitions related to levocardia:
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A condition where the heart is in the correct anatomic position but some or all of the other thoracoabdominal viscera are in the opposite lateral orientation.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A rare, congenital, non-syndromic, developmental defect during embryogenesis characterized by the heart located in the normal (levo) position associated with abdominal viscera located in the dextro position. Cardiac (e.g. interrupted inferior vena cava with azygous continuation) and/or splenic (asplenia, polysplenia) anomalies, as well as intestinal malrotation, are frequently associated.OrphaNetINSERM, 2021
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Congenital abnormalities in which the HEART is in the normal position (levocardia) in the left side of the chest but some or all of the THORAX or ABDOMEN viscera are transposed laterally (SITUS INVERSUS). It is also known as situs inversus with levocardia, or isolated levocardia. This condition is often associated with severe heart defects and splenic abnormalities such as asplenia or polysplenia.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Left-sided heart in the presence of situs inversus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(situs inversus with levocardia) Situs inversus of thoracic and abdominal viscera with the heart remaining normally situated on the left; usually associated with congenital cardiac abnormalities such as transposition of the great vessels and/or spleen defects including asplenia or polysplenia.Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO)The Human Phenotype Ontology Project, 2021
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Isolated levocardia is a type of situs inversus where the heart is located in the normal position, but there is a mirror-image reversal of other internal organs. Isolated levocardia may occur alone or with heart defects, heart rhythm abnormalities (sick sinus syndrome or atrioventricular node disorder), spleen defects (absent,...National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
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