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Dextrocardia

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  1. See also
    1. Congenital Heart Disease
    2. Congenital Heart Disease Causes
  2. Pathophysiology
    1. Congenital reversal of viscera
    2. Right sided heart
  3. Symptoms
    1. None
  4. Signs
    1. Apical impulse right sided
    2. Right border of heart in right midclavicular line
    3. Left border behind sternum
  5. Diagnostics: Electrocardiogram (EKG)
    1. Inverted P Wave
    2. Inverted T Wave
    3. QRS Complex is negative in Lead I
    4. Lead II and III are reversed from normal appearance
      1. Lead II resembles a normal Lead III
      2. Lead III resembles a normal Lead II
  6. Radiology: Chest XRay
    1. Cardiac shadow reversed

Dextrocardia (C0011813)

Definition (MSH)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 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.
ConceptsCongenital Abnormality (T019)
ICD9746.87
MSHD003914
EnglishDextrocardia, Dextrocardias, HEART DEXTROPOSITION, Heart in right chest, Heart predominantly in right hemithorax, Right sided heart
Spanishcorazon en torax derecho, dextrocardia
Parent ConceptsCongenital Heart Defects (C0018798), Situs Inversus (C0037221), Primary Ciliary Dyskinesias (C0022521), Congenital malposition of heart (C0344600), Duplicate concept (C1274013)
SourcesCOSTAR, DXP, MSH, MTHICD9, NDFRT, OMIM, SCTSPA, SNOMEDCT
Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)



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