Levocardia

Levocardia is a medical condition where the heart is on the correct side of the body , but the related structures are on the wrong side, either due to corrected transposition of the great vessels or to situs inversus.The term "levocardia" can also be used to indicate the absence of dextrocardia, and thus normal positioning of the heart -- part of situs solitus, normal positioning of the organs. However, this usage is less frequent. (From the Wikpedia article Levocardia.)

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Recent Publications on Levocardia:
Isolated levocardia: prenatal diagnosis and management. Isolated levocardia (IL) is a rare condition of situs anomaly in which...	26th August, 2009	Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kyoto University Graduate School	Congenit Anom (Kyoto). 2009 Jun;49(2):56-60. DOI Direct Link
Dextrocardia and coronal alignment of thoracic curve: a population study. The objective of this study was to evaluate the coronal alignment of the...	10th June, 2009	ORTON Research Institute, Invalid Foundation, Helsinki, Finland.	Eur Spine J. 2009 Jun 9. DOI Direct Link
[Clinical analysis of surgical procedures and outcomes for corrected transposition of great arteries with heart anomaly] OBJECTIVE: To determine the outcome of anatomically corrective repair and...	14th April, 2009	Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, the General Hospital of Shenyang	Zhonghua Wai Ke Za Zhi. 2008 Apr 15;46(8):570-3.
Tectocerebellar dysraphia and occipital encephalocele: an unusual association with abdominal situs inversus and congenital heart disease. Tectocerebellar dysraphia is a rare constellation of malformations...	10th February, 2009	Department of Pediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok	Indian J Pediatr. 2008 Nov;75(11):1178-80. Epub 2008 Sep 22. DOI Direct Link
A case of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome caused by the interaction between the presence of corrected transposition of the great arteries and patent foramen ovale. A 42-year-old was admitted to our institution for recurrent episodic...	19th August, 2008	Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Milano, Italy.	Int J Cardiol. 2008 Aug 13. DOI Direct Link
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Levocardia Patents:
US Patent No.	Title
7285633	Metalloprotease highly expressed in the testis, MMP-29
7371822	Human G-protein coupled receptor variant of HM74, HGPRBMY74
7381800	Antibodies to HBIMF63 polypeptide
7390637	Keratinocyte derived interferon
7393934	Human G-protein chemokine receptor (CCR5) HDGNR10
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