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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.
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- Dextrocardias
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91(84)63; was see under HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL 1984-90; was heading 1963-83
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- National Library of Medicine. Dextrocardia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D003914. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D003914
- Dextrocardia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dextrocardia
- Dextrocardia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q579665