Dextrocardia

Dextrocardia refers to the heart being situated on the right side of the body. Dextrocardia Situs Inversus refers to the heart being a mirror image situated on the right side. For all visceral organs to be mirrored, the correct term is Dextrocardia Situs Inversus Totalis. Dextrocardia is believed to occur in approximately 1 in a 100 people, while 1 in 1,000 of these will have Situs Inversus. Totalis occurs in approximately 1 in 5,000 of Dextrocardia Situs Inversus. Kartagener’s Disorder occurs in approximately 1 in 25 of Totalis. This Disorder affects the Sinus and Bronchial Cilli causing constant Sinus and Bronchial symptoms that medication can not rectify. With Kartagener’s both are usually present all year rather than being seasonal.Although statistically Dextrocardia Situs Inversus do not have any medical problems from the disorder, some are prone to a number of bowel, oesophagus, bronchial and cardiac problems. Some of these conditions can be life threatening if left unchecked. ECG leads must be placed in reversed positions on a person with Dextrocardia. In addition, when defibrillating someone with dextrocardia, the pads should be placed in reverse positions. That is, instead of upper right and lower left, pads should be placed upper left and lower right. (From the Wikpedia article Dextrocardia.)

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Recent Publications on Dextrocardia:
Urgent Biventricular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator Implantation in a Patient With Situs Inversus Totalis and Dextrocardia. Fermentation kinetics of Penicillium aculeatum ATCC 10409 demonstrated...	21st November, 2009	From the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.	Congest Heart Fail. 2009 Nov 1;15(6):293-294. DOI Direct Link
Dextrocardia in patients with Poland syndrome: Phenotypic characterization provides insight into the pathogenesis. OBJECTIVE: Poland syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by...	17th November, 2009	The Pediatric Surgery Department, Gaslini Children Hospital, Genova,	J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Nov 10. DOI Direct Link
[Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in situs viscerum inversus totalis: technical note] The Authors report the case of a patient admitted in Emergency Room for...	17th November, 2009	ASL AV1 Ariano Irpino, Ospedale G. Criscuoli, Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi	G Chir. 2009 Aug-Sep;30(8-9):369-73.
Emergency off-pump complete arterial revascularization in a patient with dextrocardia. We describe complete emergency arterial coronary artery bypass grafting...	13th November, 2009	Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Chubu Tokushukai Hospital, Okinawa,	Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2009 Nov;57(11):625-8. Epub 2009 Nov 12. DOI Direct Link
ECG of the month: right-axis deviation of the QRS complex with precordial R-wave regression. Situs inversus with mirror-image dextrocardia, sinus rhythm, and a long P-R interval. Absent pulmonary valve syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly, usually seen...	17th October, 2009	Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center,	J La State Med Soc. 2009 May-Jun;161(3):125-8.
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Dextrocardia Patents:
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7344882	Polynucleotides encoding variants of the TRP channel family member, LTRPC3
7393934	Human G-protein chemokine receptor (CCR5) HDGNR10
7402312	Antibodies to vascular endothelial growth factor 2 (VEGF-2)
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